Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Qualcomm products - CVE-2021-1942
Published: March 7, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61068
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1942
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due improper handling of permissions of a shared memory region in the Core subsystem. A local application can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Affected software
SD855
SDX55
SD730
QCA6574AU
MDM9150
SD675
SA6155P
QCS405
SM7325P
SM7250P
SM6375
SM6250P
SM6250
SM6225
SDXR25G
SDX57M
SDX55M
SD8885G
SD870
SD8655G
SW5100
SD7c
SD778G
SD768G
SD765G
SD765
SD750G
SD720G
SD6905G
SD678
SD662
SD480
SD460
WCN3980
WSA8835
WSA8830
WSA8815
WSA8810
WCN6856
WCN6855
WCN6851
WCN6850
WCN6750
WCN3999
WCN3998
WCN3991
WCN3988
SD8cxGen3
WCN3950
WCN3910
WCD9385
WCD9380
WCD9375
WCD9370
WCD9360
WCD9341
WCD9340
WCD9335
SXR2150P
SW5100P
QCA6564
QCN9011
QCM6490
QCM4290
QCM2290
QCA9984
QCA8337
QCA6696
QCA6595AU
QCA6574A
QCA6574
QCA6564AU
QCA6564A
QCN9012
QCA6436
QCA6430
QCA6426
QCA6420
QCA6391
QCA6390
FSM10056
FSM10055
CSRA6640
CSRA6620
AR8035
AR8031
SA4155P
SD8cxGen2
SA8195P
SA8155P
SA8155
SA8150P
SA8145P
SA6155
SA6150P
SA6145P
SA515M
SA415M
AQT1000
SA4150P
QSM8250
QRB5165N
QRB5165M
QRB5165
QCX315
QCS6490
QCS610
QCS4290
QCS410
QCS2290
Google Android
SDX55
SD730
QCA6574AU
MDM9150
SD675
SA6155P
QCS405
SM7325P
SM7250P
SM6375
SM6250P
SM6250
SM6225
SDXR25G
SDX57M
SDX55M
SD8885G
SD870
SD8655G
SW5100
SD7c
SD778G
SD768G
SD765G
SD765
SD750G
SD720G
SD6905G
SD678
SD662
SD480
SD460
WCN3980
WSA8835
WSA8830
WSA8815
WSA8810
WCN6856
WCN6855
WCN6851
WCN6850
WCN6750
WCN3999
WCN3998
WCN3991
WCN3988
SD8cxGen3
WCN3950
WCN3910
WCD9385
WCD9380
WCD9375
WCD9370
WCD9360
WCD9341
WCD9340
WCD9335
SXR2150P
SW5100P
QCA6564
QCN9011
QCM6490
QCM4290
QCM2290
QCA9984
QCA8337
QCA6696
QCA6595AU
QCA6574A
QCA6574
QCA6564AU
QCA6564A
QCN9012
QCA6436
QCA6430
QCA6426
QCA6420
QCA6391
QCA6390
FSM10056
FSM10055
CSRA6640
CSRA6620
AR8035
AR8031
SA4155P
SD8cxGen2
SA8195P
SA8155P
SA8155
SA8150P
SA8145P
SA6155
SA6150P
SA6145P
SA515M
SA415M
AQT1000
SA4150P
QSM8250
QRB5165N
QRB5165M
QRB5165
QCX315
QCS6490
QCS610
QCS4290
QCS410
QCS2290
Google Android
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1942
Install updates from vendor's website.
Google Android - addressed in versions 10 2022-03-05, 11 2022-03-05, 12 2022-03-05