A new vulnerability has been discovered by Nightwatch Cybersecurity which allows apps to bypass permission checks and existing mitigations to access system broadcast information. The vulnerability affects all the Android versions including forked Android except Android Pie. It looks like Google has fixed the issue with Android Pie but it still exists in older Android versions. expose…
A new vulnerability has been discovered by Nightwatch Cybersecurity which allows apps to bypass permission checks and existing mitigations to access system broadcast information. The vulnerability affects all the Android versions including forked Android except Android Pie. It looks like Google has fixed the issue with Android Pie but it still exists in older Android versions.
According to the report, the apps can access sensitive information like Wi-FI name, IP Addresses, etc which can be used to track any Android device. As mentioned, Google does know about the issue and has fixed it in Android Pie but unfortunately, Google “does not plan to fix older versions”, says Nightwatch Cybersecurity.
Via: Pocket Now
