CVE-2018-6597

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6597
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-29 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Alcatel A30 device with a build fingerprint of TCL/5046G/MICKEY6US:7.0/NRD90M/J63:user/release-keys contains a hidden privilege escalation capability to achieve command execution as the root user. They have made modifications that allow a user with physical access to the device to obtain a root shell via ADB. Modifying the read-only properties by an app as the system user creates a UNIX domain socket named factory_test that will execute commands as the root user by processes that have privilege to access it (as per the SELinux rules that the vendor controls).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Alcatel A30 - All All All
Hardware Alcatel A30 - All All All
Operating System Alcatel A30 Firmware 7.0 All All All
Operating System Alcatel A30 Firmware 7.0 All All All

References

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Kryptowire Provides Details on DEFCON 2018 Presentation: Vulnerable Out of the Box - An Evaluation of Android Carrier Devices - Kryptowire MISC www.kryptowire.com Third Party Advisory
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