Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to SXR1130 TZ App Dynamic Allocation access control

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT and Snapdragon Mobile. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component TZ App Dynamic Allocation Handler. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-11970. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT and Snapdragon Mobile (Chip Software). This affects an unknown code of the component TZ App Dynamic Allocation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

TZ App dynamic allocations not protected from XBL loader in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MDM9655, QCS605, SD 410/12, SD 636, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660, SXR1130

The weakness was shared 04/04/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-11970 since 06/07/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/25/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-120497, VDB-120506, VDB-120507 and VDB-120508 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Chip Software

Vendor

• Qualcomm

Name

• Snapdragon Auto
• Snapdragon Compute
• Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity
• Snapdragon Consumer IOT
• Snapdragon Industrial IOT
• Snapdragon Mobile

Version

• MDM9206
• MDM9607
• MDM9650
• MDM9655
• QCS605
• SD 8CX
• SD 410-12
• SD 636
• SD 670
• SD 710
• SD 712
• SD 845
• SD 850
• SDA660
• SDM630
• SDM660
• SXR1130

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.qualcomm.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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