Discovery of vulnerability through the "emergency calls" in "Galaxy 2″

Discovery of vulnerability through the "emergency calls" in "Galaxy 2″

Discover one of the users phone Samsung Smartphone "Galaxy 2″ vulnerability allow strangers access to user generated applications on the home screen of the phone even if you activate the" lock ".

Terence Eden said via his blog way exploit the vulnerability of those on their installed version 4.1.2 ″ of Android through the "emergency calls" button that appears when you activate the "phone lock".

"Tyrannus" pointed out that vulnerability exploit when you press the button "emergency calls" ICE "icon then" – In Case of Emergency-and then holding the "home" button at the bottom of the screen, where a second existing applications on the home screen and strangers can squeeze it and activated before going back to the "lock".

That way, the need for speed in pressing the phone's home screen apps when they appear in a blitz before switching to the "lock" mode again, and most of the applications were open except for application "Google play which did not react with pressed after switching to" phone lock "mode.

Samsung has yet to respond formally to that vulnerability, the site Cnet News report highlighted the update subfolder is coming to the Android system would address this problem and other problems.