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February 1, 2016 04:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/lT8NPaV0O_c/exploitable-backhole-accidentally-left-in-some-mediatek-based-phones
Exploitable Backhole Accidentally Left In Some MediaTek-based Phones
Lirodon writes: MediaTek has confirmed findings by security researcher Justin Case, who discovered that some devices running Android KitKat on MediaTek processors (often used in lower-cost devices) had a debug function, meant to be removed on production devices, accidentally left in by their manufacturer. This hole could be used to trivially gain root access, among other possibilities.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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