Privilege escalation in Oneplus 3

CVE-2017-5624

An issue was discovered in OxygenOS before 4.0.3 for OnePlus 3 and 3T. The attacker can persistently make the (locked) bootloader start the platform with dm-verity disabled, by issuing the 'fastboot oem disable_dm_verity' command. Having dm-verity disabled, the kernel will not verify the system partition (and any other dm-verity protected partition), which may allow for persistent code execution and privilege escalation.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.027 (84.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5624?
CVE-2017-5624 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Oneplus 3, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-5624?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5624 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.