CVE-2020-11117 Command injection in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Critical 9.8 Published 8 Sep 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

An external user can exploit a debug command in the lbd service to overwrite files and achieve remote code execution on affected Qualcomm Snapdragon 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-2020-11117?

CVE-2020-11117 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, published on 8 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

u'In the lbd service, an external user can issue a specially crafted debug command to overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary content resulting in remote code execution.' in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in IPQ4019, IPQ6018, IPQ8064, IPQ8074, QCA4531, QCA9531, QCA9980

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11117?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6018 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8064 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8074 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca4531 Firmware, Qualcomm Qca9531 Firmware and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11117?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11117 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2020-11117 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wjc6-gjj8-cjmf.