CVE-2018-14998

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 Medium 6.8
Description
The Leagoo P1 Android device with a build fingerprint of sp7731c_1h10_32v4_bird:6.0/MRA58K/android.20170629.214736:user/release-keys contains a hidden root 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 by modifying read-only system properties at runtime. Specifically, modifying the ro.debuggable and the ro.secure system properties to a certain value and then restarting the ADB daemon allows for a root shell to be obtained via ADB.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-14998
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-12-28T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:leagoo:p1_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:leagoo:p1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • PHYSICAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DEFCON-26-Johnson-and-Stavrou-Vulnerable-Out-of-the-Box-An-Eval-of-Android-Carrier-Devices-WP-Updated.pdf Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14998
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14998
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:33:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 15:52:01 2018-12-28T21:29Z 2018-12-28T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 15:52:01 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 15:52:01 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated