CVE-2017-3891 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2017-3891

In BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform (SDP) 6.6.0, an elevation...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

QNX Software Development Platform (QNX SDP)
Vulnerable Versions:
6.6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 14th, 2017
Last Modified: August 22nd, 2025
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-923

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.