CVE-2020-11123 [Medium] | Information Disclosure in Apq8009 Firmware

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, SDM850, SDW2500, SDX24, SDX50M, SDX55, SDX55M, SM4125, SM4250, SM4250P, SM6115, SM6115P, SM6125, SM6150, SM6150P, SM6250, SM6250P, SM6350, SM7125, SM7150, SM7150P, SM7225, SM7250, SM7250P, SM8150, SM8150P, SM8250, SM8350, SM8350P, SXR1120, SXR1130, SXR2130, SXR2130P, WCD9330

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.04%	0.19%	+0.14%
2	2025-03-30	0.09%	0.04%	-0.04%
3	2025-03-29	—	0.09%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.04%

0.19%

+0.14%

2025-03-30

0.09%

0.04%

-0.04%

2025-03-29

—

0.09%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]
2.1	2.0	LOW	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:L) Requires local access to the target system. Access complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	3.9	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

2.1

2.0

LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:L): Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

3.9

2.9

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-11123

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
qualcomm	apq8009_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8009_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8009w_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8009w_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8017_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8017_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8037_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8037_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8053_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8053_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8064au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8064au_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8096_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8096_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8096au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8096au_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8096sg_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8096sg_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	apq8098_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:apq8098_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm8207_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm8207_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9150_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9150_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9205_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9205_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9206_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9206_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9207_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9207_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9250_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9250_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9607_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9607_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9628_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9628_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9640_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9640_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9650_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9650_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	mdm9655_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:mdm9655_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8108_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8108_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8208_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8208_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8209_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8209_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8608_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8608_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8905_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8905_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8909_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8909_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8909w_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8909w_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8917_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8917_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8920_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8920_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8937_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8937_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8940_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8940_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8953_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8953_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8996_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8996_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8996au_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8996au_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8996sg_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8996sg_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	msm8998_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:msm8998_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcm4290_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcm4290_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs405_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs405_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs410_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs410_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs4290_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs4290_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs603_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs603_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs605_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs605_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qcs610_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qcs610_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qm215_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qm215_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qsm8250_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qsm8250_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	qsm8350_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:qsm8350_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa415m_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa415m_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa515m_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa515m_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa6145p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa6145p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa6150p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa6150p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa6155_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa6155_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa6155p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa6155p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa8150p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa8150p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa8155_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa8155_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa8155p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa8155p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sa8195p_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sa8195p_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sc7180_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sc7180_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sc8180x_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sc8180x_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sc8180xp_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sc8180xp_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sda429w_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sda429w_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sda640_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sda640_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sda660_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sda660_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sda670_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sda670_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sda845_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sda845_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sda855_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sda855_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm1000_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm1000_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm429_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm429_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm429w_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm429w_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm439_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm439_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm450_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm450_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm455_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm455_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm630_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm630_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm632_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm632_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm636_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm636_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm640_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm640_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm660_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm660_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm670_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm670_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm710_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm710_firmware:-:::::::*
qualcomm	sdm712_firmware	—	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:sdm712_firmware:-:::::::*

References for CVE-2020-11123

URL	Tags
https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/november-2020-bulletin	Vendor Advisory

URL

CVE-2020-11123

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-11123

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-11123

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-11123

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-11123

References for CVE-2020-11123