CVE-2016-10225 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Allwinner H3, A83T, and H8 devices running the 3.4 legacy kernel. An attacker with local access can gain root privileges by writing "rootmydevice" to the /proc/sunxi_debug/sunxi_debug file. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists, suggesting readily available exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:allwinner:linux-3.4-sunxi:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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