Root Privilege Escalation in Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel for H3, A83T, and H8 Devices via sunxi-debug Driver

Root Privilege Escalation in Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel for H3, A83T, and H8 Devices via sunxi-debug Driver

CVE-2016-10225 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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