Every Android device potentially vulnerable to "most serious" Linux escalation attack, ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xdMteqm994

The Dirty Cow vulnerability dates back to code included in the Linux kernel in 2007, and it can be trivially weaponized into an easy-to-run exploit that allows user-space programs to execute as root, meaning that attackers can take over the entire device by getting their targets to run apps without administrator privileges. (more…)