CVE-2020-0262

In WiFi tethering, there is a possible attacker controlled intent due to an unsafe PendingIntent. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android ID: A-156353008...

CVE-2020-0085

In setBluetoothTethering of PanService.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege to activate tethering with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

CVE-2020-0085

In setBluetoothTethering of PanService.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege to activate tethering with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

Design/Logic Flaw

In setBluetoothTethering of PanService.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege to activate tethering with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

Tails 4.0 - Live System to Preserve Your Privacy and Anonymity

Tails is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly. It is a complete operating system designed to be used fr...

Design/Logic Flaw

In F5 BIG-IP PEM 12.1.0 through 12.1.2 when downloading the Type Allocation Code TAC database file via HTTPS, the server's certificate is not verified. Attackers in a privileged network position may be able to launch a man-in-the-middle attack against these connections. TAC databases are used in...

Record-breaking 1.9 Gbps Internet Speed achieved over 4G Mobile Connection

Elisa, one of the biggest Finnish Internet Service Providers ISP, claims to have achieved a new world record for 4G network with 1.9 gigabit-per-second Gbps data download speed using Huawei technology. Currently, Sweden and the United Kingdom have been crowned as the top countries across the worl...

Android netd Denial of Service Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA. netd is a network daemon. A security vulnerability exists in netd in versions of Android prior to 2016-08-05, which stems from the program's failure to properly handle tethering a...

CVE-2016-3856

netd in Android before 2016-08-05 mishandles tethering and stdio streams, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR959631...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3856

netd in Android before 2016-08-05 mishandles tethering and stdio streams, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR959631...

CVE-2016-3856

netd in Android before 2016-08-05 mishandles tethering and stdio streams, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR959631...

CVE-2016-2060

server/TetherController.cpp in the tethering controller in netd, as distributed with Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not properly validate upstream interface names, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a...

CVE-2016-2060

server/TetherController.cpp in the tethering controller in netd, as distributed with Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not properly validate upstream interface names, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a...

CVE-2016-2060

CVE-2016-2060 is a local privilege escalation in Qualcomm/netd tethering controls caused by inadequate validation of the upstream interface parameter. FireEye’s analysis and Qualcomm advisories describe that untrusted interface values can be passed through addUpstreamV6Interface to netd, which ul...

Android Qualcomm Tethering Controller Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Android's Qualcomm Tethering Controller, which can be exploited by a local attacker with the help of a malicious application to...

Android OS may behave as an open resolver

Overview A device that runs as a DNS cache server, which responds to any recursive DNS queries that are received is referred to as an open resolver. Android OS contains an issue where it may behave as an open resolver when the tethering function is enabled. Yasuhiro Orange Morishita of Japan...

JVN#81094176: Android OS may behave as an open resolver

A device that runs as a DNS cache server, which responds to any recursive DNS queries that are received is referred to as an open resolver. Android OS contains an issue where it may behave as an open resolver when the tethering function is enabled. Impact The Android device may be used in a DNS...

CASH! CASH! Hacking ATM Machines with Just a Text Message

As we reported earlier, Microsoft will stop supporting the Windows XP operating system after 8th April, apparently 95% of the world’s 3 million ATM machines are run on it. Microsoft's decision to withdraw support for Windows XP poses critical security threat to the economic infrastructure...

iOS Generates Weak Default Passwords for iPhone Tethering

Business travelers who tether their iPhones as mobile hotspots beware. Researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany have discovered a weakness in the way iOS generates default passwords for such connections that can leave a user’s device vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks,...

Verizon Settles with FCC for $1.25 Million Over Tethering Block

In an unprecedented move, the Federal Communications Commission ended a 10-month investigation of Verizon Wireless with a $1.25 million settlement for restricting Android customer access to “tethering” software used to relay Internet signals to other devices. The federal probe was launched after...