Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto Client Hostname information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Client Hostname Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-13897. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wearables (Chip Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Client Hostname Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Clients hostname gets added to DNS record on device which is running dnsmasq resulting in an information exposure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS605, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 636, SD 650/52, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 855, SDA660, SDM630, SDM660

The weakness was released 07/25/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at codeaurora.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-13897 since 07/11/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 07/12/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-138779, VDB-138780, VDB-138782 and VDB-138783. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Chip Software

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• Qualcomm

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• Snapdragon Auto
• Snapdragon Connectivity
• Snapdragon Consumer IOT
• Snapdragon Industrial IOT
• Snapdragon IoT
• Snapdragon Mobile
• Snapdragon Wearables

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• commercial

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• 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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