Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to XR1 Platform Gatekeeper weak authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Gatekeeper. Such manipulation leads to weak authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-45551. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon CCW, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Technology, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Gatekeeper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1390. The product uses an authentication mechanism to restrict access to specific users or identities, but the mechanism does not sufficiently prove that the claimed identity is correct. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Cryptographic issue occurs during PIN/password verification using Gatekeeper, where RPMB writes can be dropped on verification failure, potentially leading to a user throttling bypass.

The advisory is available at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-45551 since 09/02/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Weak authentication
CWE: CWE-1390
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

09/02/2024 🔍
04/07/2025 +217 days 🔍
04/07/2025 +0 days 🔍
10/07/2025 +183 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-45551 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-45551
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303662

Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2025 12:48
Updated: 10/07/2025 02:31
Changes: 04/07/2025 12:48 (63), 10/07/2025 02:31 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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