Exynos processors are vulnerable
Another vulnerability of Android-based smartphones was discovered. At this time in jeopardy devices based on processors Samsung Exynos 4210 and 4412. Among these popular smartphone Samsung Galaxy S II and S III, planshetofony Galaxy Note, Tablet Galaxy Tab 7.7, Galaxy Note 10.1, as well as a group of devices from the company Meizu, Lenovo and other less-known Asian manufacturers. In this part of the company's devices Samsung, with support for LTE networks do not suffer, because based on platforms from Qualcomm. For the first time on this issue, it was stated by the user forum xda-developers nick Alephzain. Vulnerability when using it, allows the application to get full access to the RAM and the kernel. Samsung has so far not responded to this message, but a number of small manufacturers have already released fixes. While they may make corrections, but with the closing of the vulnerability required to obtain route-right. Although there is a possibility to correct without it. Apparently, Samsung has officially announced the closing of vulnerability with the release of a software update smartphone with this type of chipsets.
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