Apex Microelectronics APM32F103 privileges management

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apex Microelectronics APM32F103. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-13471. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Apex Microelectronics APM32F103 (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Apex Microelectronics APM32F103 devices allow physical attackers to execute arbitrary code via a power glitch and a specific flash patch/breakpoint unit configuration.

The weakness was released 08/31/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-13471 since 05/25/2020. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

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• Apex Microelectronics

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• APM32F103

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