CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-6597
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-08-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
The Alcatel A30 device with a build fingerprint of TCL/5046G/MICKEY6US:7.0/NRD90M/J63:user/release-keys contains a hidden privilege escalation capability to achieve command execution as the root user. They have made modifications that allow a user with physical access to the device to obtain a root shell via ADB. Modifying the read-only properties by an app as the system user creates a UNIX domain socket named factory_test that will execute commands as the root user by processes that have privilege to access it (as per the SELinux rules that the vendor controls).
Affected configurations
• alcatel a30 firmware 7.0
References
- https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018/ Third Party Advisory