Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-10225

Title: Allwinner H3

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-10225.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Mar 27, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.95%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-10225: 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.

Impacted Vendors

allwinner 3

Reference Links

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

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns