CVE-2016-10225
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
The 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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Metasploit modules
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93442
- https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/1108-security-alert-for-allwinner-sun8i-h3a83th8/
- https://irclog.whitequark.org/linux-sunxi/2016-04-29#16314390
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/local/allwinner_backdoor
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93442
- https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/1108-security-alert-for-allwinner-sun8i-h3a83th8/
- https://irclog.whitequark.org/linux-sunxi/2016-04-29#16314390
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/local/allwinner_backdoor
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.