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Home   »   Mediaserver

July’s Android Security Bulletin Addresses Continuing Mediaserver and Qualcomm Issues

  • Posted on:July 7, 2017 at 4:34 am
  • Posted in:Mobile, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Giannina Escueta (Technical Communications)
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Google has released their Android security bulletin for July in two security patch level strings: the first dated 2017-07-01 and the succeeding one dated 2017-07-05. As always, Google urges users to update and avoid any potential security issues. Owners of native Android devices should apply the latest over-the-air (OTA) updates, and non-native Android device users…

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Tags: androidMediaserverQualcomm

MediaServer Takes Another Hit with Latest Android Vulnerability

  • Posted on:August 17, 2015 at 6:07 am
  • Posted in:Mobile, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Wish Wu (Mobile Threat Response Engineer)
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The “hits” keep on coming for Android’s mediaserver component. We have discovered yet another Android mediaserver vulnerability, which can be exploited to perform attacks involving arbitrary code execution. With this new vulnerability, an attacker would be able to run their code with the same permissions that the mediaserver program already has as part of its…

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Tags: androidGoogleMediaserverstagefright

Android MediaServer Bug Traps Phones in Endless Reboots

  • Posted on:August 4, 2015 at 5:34 am
  • Posted in:Mobile
  • Author:
    Wish Wu (Mobile Threat Response Engineer)
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We have discovered a new vulnerability that allows attackers to perform denial of service (DoS) attacks on Android’s mediaserver program. This causes a device’s system to reboot and drain all its battery life. In more a severe case, where a related malicious app is set to auto-start, the device can be trapped in an endless reboot…

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Tags: androidGoogleMediaserverstagefrightvulnerability

MMS Not the Only Attack Vector for “Stagefright”

  • Posted on:July 31, 2015 at 2:25 am
  • Posted in:Mobile, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Wish Wu (Mobile Threat Response Engineer)
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Earlier this week Zimperium zLabs revealed an Android vulnerability which could be used to install malware on a device via a simple multimedia message. This vulnerability, now known as Stagefright, has gained a lot of attention for the potential attacks it can cause. Stagefright makes it possible, for example, for an attacker to install a spyware app…

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Tags: androidGoogleMediaserverstagefrightvulnerability

Trend Micro Discovers Vulnerability That Renders Android Devices Silent

  • Posted on:July 29, 2015 at 2:05 am
  • Posted in:Mobile, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Wish Wu (Mobile Threat Response Engineer)
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We have discovered a vulnerability in Android that can render a phone apparently dead – silent, unable to make calls, with a lifeless screen. This vulnerability is present from Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) up to the current version, Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Combined, these versions account for more than half of Android devices in use today. No…

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Tags: androidjellybeanMediaservermobile vulnerabilities

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