PT-2020-8198 · Qualcomm+1 · Qualcomm Msm8998+1

Me2151 · Published 2020-04-07 · Updated 2020-04-08 · CVE-2017-18649

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software

Description: An issue was discovered where an attacker can boot a device with root privileges due to the lack of an integrity check of the system image in the bootloader for the Qualcomm MSM8998 chipset.

Recommendations: For Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-354

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18649

Affected Products

Qualcomm Msm8998

Samsung Mobile Devices

References · 4

• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18649 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18649 · Vendor Advisory
• https://androidcommunity.com/samfail-method-gives-root-access-to-samsung-galaxy-note-8-snapdragon-variant-20171009 · Note