VDB-95795 · CVE-2017-5554 · BID 95706

OnePlus OP3/3T OxygenOS up to 4.0.1 ABOOT access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OnePlus OP3 and 3T OxygenOS up to 4.0.1. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component ABOOT. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-5554. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OnePlus OP3 and 3T OxygenOS up to 4.0.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component ABOOT. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in ABOOT in OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS before 4.0.2. The attacker can reboot the device into the fastboot mode, which could be done without any authentication. A physical attacker can press the "Volume Up" button during device boot, where an attacker with ADB access can issue the adb reboot bootloader command. Then, the attacker can put the platform's SELinux in permissive mode, which severely weakens it, by issuing: fastboot oem selinux permissive.

The bug was discovered 01/03/2017. The weakness was published 01/23/2017 by Roee Hay with Application Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-5554 since 01/22/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 20 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 4.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 95706†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

OnePlus

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OP3/3T OxygenOS 4.0.2

Timelineinfo

01/03/2017 🔍
01/22/2017 +19 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Roee Hay
Organization: Application Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-5554 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5554
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95795
SecurityFocus: 95706 - OnePlus 3 and 3T CVE-2017-5554 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5554 - Oneplus - Oxygenos - High

Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2017 16:25
Updated: 05/14/2026 10:08
Changes: 01/23/2017 16:25 (60), 07/30/2020 10:09 (7), 05/14/2026 10:08 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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