CVE-2016-10225

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10225
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-27 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe sunxi-debug driver in Allwinner 3.4 legacy kernel for H3, A83T and H8 devices allows local users to gain root privileges by sending "rootmydevice" to /proc/sunxi_debug/sunxi_debug.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Allwinner A83t - All All All
Hardware Allwinner H3 - All All All
Hardware Allwinner H8 - All All All
Operating System Allwinner Linux-3.4-sunxi - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Alert for Allwinner sun8i (H3/A83T/H8) - Allwinner H2 & H3 - Armbian forum af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 forum.armbian.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rapid7.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
#linux-sunxi on 2016-04-29 — irc logs at whitequark.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 irclog.whitequark.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: sunxi-debug (root privilege escalation in Allwinner kernel) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Allwinner Linux kernel 'sunxi-debug.c' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE request: sunxi-debug (root privilege escalation in Allwinner kernel) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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