CVE-2017-3891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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In BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform (SDP) 6.6.0, an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the default configuration of the QNX SDP with QNet enabled on networks comprising two or more QNet nodes could allow an attacker to access local and remote files or take ownership of files on other QNX nodes regardless of permissions by executing commands targeting arbitrary nodes from a secondary QNX 6.6.0 QNet node.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Blackberry	Qnx Software Development Platform

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:qnx_software_development_platform:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000046674
https://www.midnightbluelabs.com/blog/2017/12/8/elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-qnx-qnet

History

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-923
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: blackberry

Published: 2017-11-14T21:00:00Z

Updated: 2025-08-22T14:48:09.392Z

Reserved: 2016-12-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-3891

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-14T21:29:00.620

Modified: 2025-08-22T15:15:30.053

Link: CVE-2017-3891

Redhat

No data.

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