Third-Party TEE Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Snapdragon Processors

CVE-2017-18141 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

When a 3rd party TEE has been loaded it is possible for the non-secure world to create a secure monitor call which will give it access to privileged functions meant to only be accessible from the TEE in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear in versions IPQ8074, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, SDX24, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016.

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