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Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Type: advisorySource: CISA Known Exploited VulnerabilitiesKnown exploited1 source record

The vold volume manager daemon in Android kernel trusts messages from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows an attacker to execute code and gain root privileges. This vulnerability is associated with GingerBreak and Exploit.AndroidOS.Lotoor. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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CVE-2011-1823

Primary source · Revision 1

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2011-1823

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CVE-2011-1823

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