CVE-2019-1010221 Privilege escalation in LineageOS
An attacker with physical access and enabled ADB can escalate privileges to root by setting a specific system property, affecting LineageOS users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-1010221?
CVE-2019-1010221 is a medium-severity vulnerability in LineageOS, published on 23 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
LineageOS 16.0 and earlier is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The impact is: The property checked by `adb root` can also be set in a normal adb shell session. The component is: adb shell (patches to fix this are at https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_system_core/+/234800, https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_device_lineage_sepolicy/+/234799). The attack vector is: When adb is enabled, and an attacker has physical access, `adb shell setprop service.adb.root 1` allows restarting adb as root.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1010221?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lineageos Lineageos.
How do I fix CVE-2019-1010221?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1010221 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-1010221 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1010221 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in LineageOS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qj8f-q4w4-3qfp.