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October 25, 2016 03:14 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/B5C4d35ZzoY/every-android-device-potential.html
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…)
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