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Old Android Flaw Elevates Privileges, Steals SMS, Call Logs

Accepted submission by exec at 2016-05-05 13:03:21
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A five-year-old privilege escalation vulnerability in Android disclosed today affects hundreds of different device models going back to Jelly Bean 4.3.

https://threatpost.com/five-year-old-android-flaw-exposes-sms-call-history/117873/ [threatpost.com]

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