{"id":"CVE-2018-6597","aliases":["EUVD-2018-18344","GHSA-g38m-568m-fp7q"],"status":"published","title":"The Alcatel A30 device with a build fingerprint of TCL/5046G/MICKEY6US:7.0/NRD90M/J63:user...","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).","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":0.005,"percentile":0.43129,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2018-08-29T19:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:02:04Z","products":[{"vendor":"alcatel","product":"a30_firmware"}],"references":[{"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-2018-6597"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g38m-568m-fp7q"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-6597","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).","status":"published","published":"2018-08-29T19:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T06:10:10.415Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:05.961936Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-18344","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).","status":"published","published":"2018-08-29T19:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T06:10:10Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:40:07.640255Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-g38m-568m-fp7q","title":"The Alcatel A30 device with a build fingerprint of TCL/5046G/MICKEY6US:7.0/NRD90M/J63:user...","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).","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:53:08Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:02:19Z","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"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:51:24.995331Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2018-6597","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).","status":"published","published":"2018-08-29T19:29:01.047Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:02:04.663Z","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"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:36.842579Z"}]}}