CVE-2018-11259
Due to Improper Access Control of NAND-based EFS in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and...
Due to Improper Access Control of NAND-based EFS in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, From fastboot on a NAND-based device, the EFS partition can be erased. Apps processor then has non-secure world full read/write access to the partition until the modem boots and configures the EFS partition addresses in its MPU partition.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Due to Improper Access Control of NAND-based EFS in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, From fastboot on a NAND-based device, the EFS partition can be erased. Apps processor then has non-secure world full read/write access to the partition until the modem boots and configures the EFS partition addresses in its MPU partition.
- Record
CVE-2018-11259- CVSS 3.0
- 7.7 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Due to Improper Access Control of NAND-based EFS in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, From fastboot on a NAND-based device, the EFS partition can be erased. Apps processor then has non-secure world full read/write access to the partition until the modem boots and configures the EFS partition addresses in its MPU partition.
- Record
CVE-2018-11259- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-3299 No score
Due to Improper Access Control of NAND-based EFS in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, From fastboot on a NAND-based device, the EFS partition can be erased. Apps processor then has non-secure world full read/write access to the partition until the modem boots and configures the EFS partition addresses in its MPU partition.
- Record
EUVD-2018-3299- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gmrf-7wh2-5c6f
Due to Improper Access Control of NAND-based EFS in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and...
Due to Improper Access Control of NAND-based EFS in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, From fastboot on a NAND-based device, the EFS partition can be erased. Apps processor then has non-secure world full read/write access to the partition until the modem boots and configures the EFS partition addresses in its MPU partition.
- Record
GHSA-gmrf-7wh2-5c6f- CVSS 3.0
- 7.7 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- qualcomm mdm9206 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9607 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9635m firmware
- qualcomm mdm9640 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9650 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9655 firmware
- qualcomm msm8909w firmware
- qualcomm msm8996au firmware
- qualcomm sd 205 firmware
- qualcomm sd 210 firmware
- qualcomm sd 212 firmware
- qualcomm sd 410 firmware
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- qualcomm sd 412 firmware
- qualcomm sd 415 firmware
- qualcomm sd 425 firmware
- qualcomm sd 427 firmware
- qualcomm sd 430 firmware
- qualcomm sd 435 firmware
- qualcomm sd 450 firmware
- qualcomm sd 615 firmware
- qualcomm sd 616 firmware
- qualcomm sd 617 firmware
- qualcomm sd 625 firmware
- qualcomm sd 650 firmware
- qualcomm sd 652 firmware
- qualcomm sd 800 firmware
- qualcomm sd 810 firmware
- qualcomm sd 820 firmware
- qualcomm sd 820a firmware
- qualcomm sd 835 firmware
- qualcomm sd 845 firmware
- qualcomm sd 850 firmware
- qualcomm sdm630 firmware
- qualcomm sdm632 firmware
- qualcomm sdm636 firmware
- qualcomm sdm660 firmware
- qualcomm sdx20 firmware
- qualcomm snapdragon high med 2016 firmware
- qualcomm, inc. snapdragon automobile, snapdragon mobile, snapdragon wear
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-11259 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.7) in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published July 6, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.