01 Record

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.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 3.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 90.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-03-27 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:14Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2223fa317a8c332ef332670e478040c1429eaae204d5d90bca37ec377850603b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

allwinnera83tNot specified—

allwinnerh3Not specified—

allwinnerh8Not specified—

allwinnerlinux-3.4-sunxiNot specified—

06 References

www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161005 Re: CVE request: sunxi-debug (root privilege escalation in Allwinner kernel)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/16mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170215 Re: CVE request: sunxi-debug (root privilege escalation in Allwinner kernel)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securityfocus.com93442http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93442vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.rapid7.comhttps://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/local/allwinner_backdoorx_refsource_MISC
forum.armbian.comhttps://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/1108-security-alert-for-allwinner-sun8i-h3a83th8/x_refsource_CONFIRM
irclog.whitequark.orghttps://irclog.whitequark.org/linux-sunxi/2016-04-29#16314390x_refsource_MISC