Security issue discovered on Exynos-based devices

17 December, 2012
The security hole allows any third party application complete and easy access to the RAM and the kernel.

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  • 17 Dec 2012

AnonD-69442, 17 Dec 2012hahahaha using my galaxy S2 from past one n a half yrs n no... morehere's iHATE again. The super defender. Grow up dude.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 17 Dec 2012

    AnonD-77422, 17 Dec 2012Does Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 N8000 have this issue as well?According to post seems all are affected including note 10.1 ... samsung fix it quick!

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      • Zohaib Hassan
      • NFa
      • 17 Dec 2012

      its not a big deal because everything has flaws ... like Iphone jail breaking even Microsoft Windows or other software can b easily patched or cracked that doesn,t means k company not doing good....

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        • AnonD-77422
        • 0Uu
        • 17 Dec 2012

        Does Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 N8000 have this issue as well?

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          • AnonD-77390
          • fqh
          • 17 Dec 2012

          What does that even mean? Just saying ... it is no big deal ..

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            • P@1
            • 17 Dec 2012

            So this is one of the reasons why some droids get infested with malwares? Tsk tsk. They(samsung) should release an official patch for this, if this security glitch get exploited further, i can sense a big head-ache for droid users. And to think that the flagships runs on Exynos, they got to bring the vaccine ASAP!

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              • SHp
              • 17 Dec 2012

              And again you need to fix your phone and the rest 95% users must live with the problem... Ts ts ts

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                • AnonD-69442
                • U@f
                • 17 Dec 2012

                hahahaha using my galaxy S2 from past one n a half yrs n note 2 from past 3 months n havent experienced any of the problems... who cares when my former phone is running perfectly without any issue...

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                  • watie
                  • KRW
                  • 17 Dec 2012

                  wrong type pattern? need usename(email)

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                    • q{c
                    • 17 Dec 2012

                    Terry, 17 Dec 2012Hhhhmmm, how can this happen, Sammy?I can't believe this

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 4bF
                      • 17 Dec 2012

                      Terry, 17 Dec 2012Hhhhmmm, how can this happen, Sammy?The same way Apple somehow leaves a "security hole" on each update to make jailbreaking possible.

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                        • Terry
                        • PF7
                        • 17 Dec 2012

                        Hhhhmmm, how can this happen, Sammy?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 4bF
                          • 17 Dec 2012

                          Anonymous, 17 Dec 2012basically, it can hog your phone, even if it's a quad core,... moreThank you! Before writing articles the writer needs to take the time to explain what the security hole does.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • q{p
                            • 17 Dec 2012

                            This is why I love xda.

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                              • t7X
                              • 17 Dec 2012

                              ah... so I like this feature. I don't need the fix. lol

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                                • Anonymous
                                • HIb
                                • 17 Dec 2012

                                It's not important. Sammy will fix it.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • sSV
                                  • 17 Dec 2012

                                  Average User, 17 Dec 2012It's all fine and dandy but what effect does an app getting... morebasically, it can hog your phone, even if it's a quad core, and infiltrates into apps to do some bad stuff, like draining your data packet for instance.

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                                    • Average User
                                    • 4bF
                                    • 17 Dec 2012

                                    It's all fine and dandy but what effect does an app getting complete access to my RAM and kernel have have on me? The average user?