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Posted: 2012-12-17 20:55
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A critical security hole has been found in many of the latest Android smartphones from Samsung such as the Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II and Note 2. The vulnerability allows any installed app to gain root access

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Tsepz_GP
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Posted: 2012-12-18 00:33
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There's already a patch to fix this that does not require root access:
http://project-voodoo.org/art[....]ty-no-root-required-reversible

and Samsung are investigating it:
www.phonearena.com/news/Samsu[....]-review-Exynos-exploit_id37771
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