THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-10225
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-10225

Linux 3.4 Sunxi vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Allwinner
Affected product
Linux 3.4 Sunxi
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2017-03-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-10225

  • Confirm whether Allwinner Linux 3.4 Sunxi is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-10225.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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