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Security firm iVerify found stock Google Pixel devices' app "showcase" With Excessive System Privileges, Including Remote Code Execution (iverify.io)

submitted 3 months ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] Comprehensive49@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, just an annoying marketing stunt. Capitalism distracts me once again.

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 months ago

It's still a question of why an app with elevated permissions was packaged in the firmware, but yeah it doesn't look like the exploit itself is easy to do.

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