CVE-2018-14998

MEDIUM

Leagoo P1 Firmware - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via ADB Debuggable Property Manipulation

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

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

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8

EPSS 0.0073

EPSS Percentile 49.6%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (1)

leagoo/p1_firmware

Published Dec 28, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026