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Hacker kills his own Pwn2Own bug for Android phones !

🗓️ 08 Mar 2011 05:00:24Reported by The Hacker NewsType

A researcher discovered and reported a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Android Market that could allow remote installation of malicious apps on Android handsets, prompting Google to fix the bug. The researcher initially missed an opportunity to win a hacking contest due to the fix, but received a bug bounty from Google

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08 Mar 2011 05:24Current

6.8Medium risk

Vulners AI Score6.8