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…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.0% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• [oss-security] 20161005 Re: CVE request: sunxi-debug (root privilege escalation in Allwinner kernel) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20170215 Re: CVE request: sunxi-debug (root privilege escalation in Allwinner kernel) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 93442 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/local/allwinner_backdoor (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/1108-security-alert-for-allwinner-sun8i-h3a83th8/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://irclog.whitequark.org/linux-sunxi/2016-04-29#16314390 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 03:14 UTC.