Unisoc S8000 BootRom unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Unisoc SC9863A, T310, T610, T618, T606, T612, T616, T760, T770, T820 and S8000. This impacts an unknown function of the component BootRom. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-38695. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Unisoc SC9863A, T310, T610, T618, T606, T612, T616, T760, T770, T820 and S8000. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component BootRom. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In BootRom, there's a possible unchecked command index. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed.

The advisory is shared for download at nccgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-38695 since 08/22/2022. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/22/2022 CVE reserved
09/01/2025 +1106 days Advisory disclosed
09/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/02/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: nccgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-38695 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38695
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-322100

Entryinfo

Created: 09/01/2025 10:30
Updated: 09/02/2025 16:33
Changes: 09/01/2025 10:30 (51), 09/02/2025 16:33 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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