Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA boot and power management processor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the boot and power management processor. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA crypto driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA I2C HID driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm IPA driver for the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to enhance their privileges and execute arbitrary code within the kernel context, using a local malicious application...

Google Kicks Out Largest Android Adware Family From The Play Store

With the rise in the mobile market, Adware has become one of the most prevalent mobile threats in the world. Adware has traditionally been used to aggressively push ads like banners or pop-ups on mobile screens to make money. The troublesome part is that Adware is now becoming trojanized and more...

March Android Security Update Breaks SafetyNet, Android Pay

An issue with the March Android over-the-air security update has been resolved after Nexus 6 users complained that Android Pay no longer worked after installation of the update. The update in fact broke Android’s SafetyNet API which provides a constant check on device integrity, blocking access t...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm IPA driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.1...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current...

CVE-2016-8483

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm power driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access sensitive data without explicit user permission. Product: Android...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and Command Queue driver, could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical...

CVE-2017-0507

CVE-2017-0507 describes an elevation-of-privilege flaw in the Android kernel ION subsystem. The vulnerability could allow a local malicious app to run code in kernel context, potentially enabling a local permanent device compromise. Affected products/cores: Android on kernel versions 3.10 and 3.1...

Android Package Inspector: Inspeckage

Inspeckage is a tool developed to offer dynamic analysis of Android applications. By applying hooks to functions of the Android API, Inspeckage will help you understand what an Android application is doing at runtime. Inspeckage will let you interact with some elements of the app, such as...

Boozt Fashion AB: Application code is not obfuscated -- OWASP M9 (2016)

Description : Boost android app is not obfuscated which lead to view the source code of the app. Impact : Attackers can steal code and reuse it or sell it to create new application or create a malicious fake application based on the initial one. POC : Step 1 : First, I did the basic reverse...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Audioserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Audioserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally...

CVE-2017-0416

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Audioserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the HTC touchscreen driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions:...

Android Scoring System Roots out Malicious, Harmful Apps

Google’s crusade against malicious and potentially harmful apps PHA in the Android ecosystem is a complex endeavor anchored by its Verify Apps malware scanner and a scoring system that flags potential problems before they multiply. The system, called Dead or Insecure DOI, has been effective in...

Google Android TSP sysfs - 'cmd_store' Multiple Overflows

Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=967 The TSP touchscreen controller driver exposes several sysfs entries through which the driver may be configured. One such entry, "cmd", allows the user to write commands to be executed by the driver. Specifically, the "cmd" entr...

CVE-2017-0385

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Audioserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally...