CVE-2020-3626 Missing authorization in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables

High 7.8 Published Updated

Any application can access protected UIM LP APIs due to missing AIDL permissions, allowing unauthorized data access or privilege escalation on Snapdragon devices.

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-2020-3626?

CVE-2020-3626 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, published on 22 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Any application can bind to it and exercise the APIs due to no protection for AIDL uimlpaservice in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in APQ8053, APQ8096AU, APQ8098, MSM8905, MSM8909W, MSM8917, MSM8920, MSM8937, MSM8940, MSM8953, MSM8996AU, MSM8998, Nicobar, QCA6574AU, QCS605, QM215, Rennell, Saipan, SDA660, SDM429, SDM429W, SDM439, SDM450, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3626?

It affects 36 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8096au Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8098 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8905 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8917 Firmware and 30 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3626?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3626 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2020-3626 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3626 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vhfj-hm7g-gpgx.

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