Lenovo Quietly Patches Massive Bug Impacting Its Android Tablets and Zuk, Vibe Phones

Security experts are urging Lenovo customers to update their Android tablets and handsets to protect themselves against a handful of critical vulnerabilities impacting tens of millions of vulnerable Lenovo devices. On Oct. 5, Lenovo quietly rolled out four patches impacting all of its Android...

Multiple Lenovo VIBE phones elevation of privilege vulnerability

Android 6.0 Marshmallow is a Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA in the U.S. The Lenovo A2010-a and other smartphone products from China's Lenovo use the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system. The Lenovo A2010-a is a smartphone from...

Multiple Lenovo VIBE phones privilege access vulnerability

Android 6.0 Marshmallow is a Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA in the U.S. The Lenovo A2010-a and other smartphone products from China's Lenovo use the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system. The Lenovo A2010-a is a smartphone from...

Privilege escalation

On Lenovo VIBE mobile phones, the Lenovo Security Android application allows private data to be backed up and restored via Android Debug Bridge, which allows tampering leading to privilege escalation in conjunction with CVE-2017-3748 and CVE-2017-3749...