Android and Linux Zero-Day Gives Attackers Root Access

A new zero-day vulnerability allows Android or Linux applications to escalate privileges Security researchers have discovered a new zero-day

January 19, 2016 · 1 min · 69 words · Hayden Allison

The vulnerability has been deemed as high risk and allocated a unique identifier, CVE-2016-0728.

The same thing is also valid for Android devices with SELinux.

According to Pats, this vulnerability has existed in the Linux kernel since 2012.

Android and Linux Zero-Day Gives Attackers Root Access

Perception Point has also created proof of concept code that exploits this vulnerability to gain root access.

If you are a coder/developer, you could jump into the PoC onGitHub.

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