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CVE-2020-11123 — Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

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…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2020-11-12
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system

Affected products

  • qualcomm / apq8009_firmware
  • qualcomm / apq8009w_firmware
  • qualcomm / apq8017_firmware
  • qualcomm / apq8037_firmware
  • qualcomm / apq8053_firmware
  • qualcomm / apq8064au_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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