CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-10225

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The sunxi-debug driver in the 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.

Risk Assessment

Gaining root privileges by local users can lead to serious security breaches, including unauthorized access to data and resources.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the kernel to a newer version that does not contain this vulnerability and to restrict access to files in /proc/sunxi_debug.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS