CVE-2020-11123 Security feature bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass lock-screen password throttling in Qualcomm Snapdragon devices, facilitating brute-force attacks against user credentials.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-11123?

CVE-2020-11123 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 12 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

u'information disclosure in gatekeeper trustzone implementation as the throttling mechanism to prevent brute force attempts at getting user`s lock-screen password can be bypassed by performing the standard gatekeeper operations.' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8009, APQ8009W, APQ8017, APQ8037, APQ8053, APQ8064AU, APQ8096, APQ8096AU, APQ8096SG, APQ8098, MDM8207, MDM9150, MDM9205, MDM9206, MDM9207, MDM9250, MDM9607, MDM9628, MDM9640, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8108, MSM8208, MSM8209, MSM8608, MSM8905, MSM8909, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996, MSM8996AU, MSM8996SG, MSM8998, QCM4290, QCS405, QCS410, QCS4290, QCS603, QCS605, QCS610, QM215, QSM8250, QSM8350, SA415M, SA515M, SA6145P, SA6150P, SA6155, SA6155P, SA8150P, SA8155, SA8155P, SA8195P, SC7180, SC8180X, SC8180XP, SDA429W, SDA640, SDA660, SDA670, SDA845, SDA855, SDM1000, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM455, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM640, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM712, SDM830, SDM845, SDM850, SDW2500, SDX24, SDX50M, SDX55, SDX55M, SM4125, SM4250, SM4250P, SM6115, SM6115P, SM6125, SM6150, SM6150P, SM6250, SM6250P, SM6350, SM7125, SM7150, SM7150P, SM7225, SM7250, SM7250P, SM8150, SM8150P, SM8250, SM8350, SM8350P, SXR1120, SXR1130, SXR2130, SXR2130P, WCD9330

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11123?

It affects 115 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8037 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8064au Firmware and 109 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11123?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11123 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-11123 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11123 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2gr5-49mw-75q6.

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