CVE-2016-10435 Race condition in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear

High 8.1 Published Updated

A time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Qualcomm QTEE syscall handlers allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on affected Android devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-10435?

CVE-2016-10435 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 18 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 820, and SD 820A, in some QTEE syscall handlers, a TOCTOU vulnerability exists.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10435?

It affects 26 products.

Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9625 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9645 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware and 20 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10435?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10435 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10435 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10435 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g2xj-f6h7-9qqw.

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