Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute up to SXR2130 privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-14054. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking (Chip Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper permissions in XBL_SEC region enable user to update XBL_SEC code and data and divert the RAM dump path to normal cold boot path in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in Kamorta, MSM8998, QCS404, QCS605, SDA660, SDA845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SM8150, SXR1130, SXR2130

The weakness was released 06/02/2020 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-14054 since 07/19/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-155936, VDB-155937, VDB-155938 and VDB-155939. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Chip Software

Vendor

• Qualcomm

Name

• Networking
• Snapdragon Compute
• Snapdragon Consumer IOT
• Snapdragon Industrial IOT
• Snapdragon Mobile
• Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure

Version

• Kamorta
• MSM8998
• QCS404
• QCS605
• SDA660
• SDA845
• SDM630
• SDM636
• SDM660
• SDM670
• SDM710
• SDM845
• SDM850
• SM8150
• SXR1130
• SXR2130

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.qualcomm.com/

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