MBRFilter — Open Source Tool to Protect Against 'Master Boot Record' Malware

Ransomware threat has risen exponentially so much that ransomware authors have started abusing the MBR in their attacks to lock down your entire computer instead of just encrypting your important files on hard drive. Talos team at Cisco Systems has released a free, open-source tool that protects...

Backdoor Vulnerability in Foxconn's Android Phone Firmware

Foxconn is an electronic parts manufacturer that assembles Android smartphones. The main products are tablets, laptops and smartphones. A backdoor vulnerability exists in the firmware of Foxconn's Android phones. Due to a vulnerability in the bootloader code responsible for launching the Android...

Leftover Factory Debugger Doubles as Android Backdoor

A leftover factory debugger in Android firmware made by Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn can be flipped into a backdoor by an attacker with physical access to a device. The situation is a dream for law enforcement or a forensics outfit wishing to gain root access to a targeted device...

Build Your Own PwnPhone

Build Your Own PwnPhone We’ll attempt to show you how to build your own Pwn Phone running the Kali operating system and our AOPP Android Open Pwn Project image. Let’s get cracking… Flashing the Phone 1. Download the Recovery image for your device: https://twrp.me/Devices 2. Connect the device to...

[slackware-security] kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.1 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-3.10.103/: Upgraded. A flaw was found in the implementation of the Linux kernels handling of networking challenge ack where an attacker is...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, which allows a hacker to increase their privileges

The vulnerability of the initial Android operating system loader from LG Electronics is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to enhance their privileges by gaining access to privileged processes...

CVE-2016-3851

The LG Electronics bootloader Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging access to a privileged process, aka internal bug 29189941...

CVE-2016-3851

The LG Electronics bootloader Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging access to a privileged process, aka internal bug 29189941...

CVE-2016-3850

Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6P, and 7 2013 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted header field in a boot image, aka Android internal bug 27917291 and Qualcomm internal bug CR945164...

CVE-2016-3850

Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6P, and 7 2013 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted header field in a boot image, aka Android internal bug 27917291 and Qualcomm internal bug CR945164...

Integer overflow

Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6P, and 7 2013 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted header field in a boot image, aka Android internal bug 27917291 and Qualcomm internal bug CR945164...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3850

Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6P, and 7 2013 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted header field in a boot image, aka Android internal bug 27917291 and Qualcomm internal bug CR945164...

CVE-2016-3851

The LG Electronics bootloader Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging access to a privileged process, aka internal bug 29189941...

CVE-2016-3851

CVE-2016-3851 concerns an elevation-of-privilege issue in the LG Electronics bootloader on Nexus 5X devices. The vulnerability arises when a compromised privileged process can be leveraged to gain higher privileges within the system. Public details confirm this is a local escalation risk affectin...

CVE-2016-3850

CVE-2016-3850 describes an integer overflow in aboot.c (Qualcomm bootloader) affecting Android devices prior to 2016-08-05, including Nexus 5, 5X, 6P, and 7 (2013). The vulnerability allows privilege escalation via a crafted header field in a boot image. The provided documents do not specify exac...

CVE-2016-3850

Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6P, and 7 2013 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted header field in a boot image, aka Android internal bug 27917291 and Qualcomm internal bug CR945164...

Android Qualcomm Bootloader Denial of Service Vulnerability

Android on Nexus 5 and 7 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 5 and 7 smartphones developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.The Qualcomm bootloader is a Qualcomm-developed bootloader that is used in the... Qualcomm bootloader is a Qualcomm-developed bootloader....

CVE-2015-8893

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service OS outage or buffer over-read via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822690 and Qualcomm internal bug CR822275...

Design/Logic Flaw

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service OS outage or buffer over-read via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822690 and Qualcomm internal bug CR822275...

CVE-2014-9798

platform/msmshared/devtree.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not check the relationship between tags addresses and aboot addresses, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service OS outage via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug...