Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto Error privilege escalation [CVE-2019-2240]

A vulnerability has been found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Voice & Music (Chip Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Error Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/25/2019 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-2240 since 12/10/2018. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/25/2019).

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Similar entries are available at 120497, 120506, 120507 and 120508.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: ≈5.5
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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12/10/2018 CVE assigned
07/25/2019 +227 days Advisory disclosed
07/25/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/25/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-2240 (🔒)
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Created: 07/25/2019 09:28 PM
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