THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-11301
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2020-11301

Apq8009 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
11.1%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Improper authentication of un-encrypted plaintext Wi-Fi frames in an encrypted network can lead to information disclosure in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Affected vendor
Qualcomm
Affected product
Apq8009 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2021-09-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 11.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-11301

  • Confirm whether Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-11301.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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