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CVE-2016-10225

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• Allwinner Linux-3.4-Sunxi: all versions

References

• 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

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