Newly-discovered vulnerabilities-“Quadrooter” found in Android devices that ship with a Qualcomm chip, could allow an attacker to take absolute control of an affected device.

Quadrooter which includes four undisclosed vulnerabilities will affect over 900 million phone and tablets, according to researchers at security firm, Check Point .

Adam Donenfeld , Lead Mobile Security Researcher at Check Point said that an attacker would have to trick a user into installing a malicious app, which unlike some malware wouldn’t require any special permissions. If any of the flaws are successfully exploited, an attacker can gain root access, which gives the attacker full access to an affected Android device, its data, and its hardware — including its camera and microphone.
Check Point said most phone makers have devices that are vulnerable Google’s Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, and Nexus 6P, HTC’s One M9 and HTC 10, Samsung’s Galaxy....

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