Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 28, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-14998
CVE-2018-14998
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: 6.0/MRA58K/android.20170629.214736:user/release-keys
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References
2- 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.pdfnvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.kryptowire.com/portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018/nvdThird Party Advisory
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