{"id":"CVE-2018-14998","aliases":["EUVD-2018-6880","GHSA-c93g-m344-2c3f"],"status":"published","title":"The Leagoo P1 Android device with a build fingerprint of sp7731c_1h10_32v4_bird:6.0/MRA58K...","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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.0073,"percentile":0.54515,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"published":"2018-12-28T21:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:42:03Z","products":[{"vendor":"leagoo","product":"p1_firmware"}],"references":[{"url":"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","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14998"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c93g-m344-2c3f"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"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.","status":"published","published":"2018-12-28T21:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T09:46:25.368Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:00.589142Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-6880","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.","status":"published","published":"2018-12-28T21:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T09:46:25Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:39:45.27774Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-c93g-m344-2c3f","title":"The Leagoo P1 Android device with a build fingerprint of sp7731c_1h10_32v4_bird:6.0/MRA58K...","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.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:50:04Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:01:58Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:51:19.116576Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"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.","status":"published","published":"2018-12-28T21:29:00.747Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:42:03.23Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:52.056758Z"}]}}