get a Samsung Galaxy SIII ? perhaps a Galaxy Note ? Well listen up because there ’s a young boogeyman on the loose . agree toa thread at XDA Developers , there ’s an exploit out there thatcan get Android malware apps get at all your physical memory , for the purpose of stealing your data or deleting it or whathaveyou .
The exploit was found by a user call Alephzain who was able to use it to settle his Samsung Galaxy S III , but the flaw also extends to a number of Samsung phones , all of which have sure Exynos mainframe , a key element to using the exploit . It ’s working in practice too , another user called Chainfire hasalready build an apk that can use the “ ExynosAbuse ” to root a identification number of devicesincluding :
Samsung Galaxy S2 GT - I9100
Samsung Galaxy S3 GT - I9300
Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE GT - I9305
Samsung Galaxy Note GT - N7000
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT - N7100
Verizon Galaxy Note 2 SCH - I605 ( locked bootloaders )
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT - N8000
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT - N8010
It ’s worth noting the Nexus 10 is safe because it has a Exynos 5 chipping instead of a 4 .
Users on the train of thought have progress to out to Samsung to share info about the vulnerability , but Samsung has yet to come out and say anything about it . In the meantime , the affected devices are susceptable to all form of attack by malware apps , although there are no confirmed cases of attack , so far . If you needed another reasonableness to not go around downloading sketchy apps on your GSIII , this ought to do the prank . [ XDA DevelopersviaThe Next Web ]
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