Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto OEM XBL Loader access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice , Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component OEM XBL Loader. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-13896. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice , Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (Chip Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component OEM XBL Loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

XBL_SEC image authentication and other crypto related validations are accessible to a compromised OEM XBL Loader due to missing lock at XBL_SEC stage.. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8996AU, QCS404, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130

The weakness was disclosed 07/22/2019 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at qualcomm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-13896 since 07/11/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-120497, VDB-120506, VDB-120507 and VDB-120508 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Chip Software

Vendor

• Qualcomm

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• Music
• Networking
• Snapdragon Auto
• Snapdragon Compute
• Snapdragon Connectivity
• Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity
• Snapdragon Consumer IOT
• Snapdragon Industrial IOT
• Snapdragon Mobile
• Snapdragon Voice
• Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.qualcomm.com/

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