Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
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Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
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Re: Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
#2I put 'root' in quotes, because technically, it isn't rooting. However, it creates a binary called 'run-as' that can execute packages as root. Not sure what the right term would be in this case.
Re: Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
#3I put 'root' in quotes, because technically, it isn't rooting. However, it creates a binary called 'run-as' that can execute packages as root. Not sure what the right term would be in this case.
Well if you can run any executable as root, that sure counts as rooting in my book.
Re: Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
#4This is just automating running the exploit from here:
Re: Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
#5I put 'root' in quotes, because technically, it isn't rooting. However, it creates a binary called 'run-as' that can execute packages as root. Not sure what the right term would be in this case.
Well if you can run any executable as root, that sure counts as rooting in my book.
The advantage I see here is that you don't have to actually root your phone, which means that apps/games that check for root access would continue to work normally.
Re: Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
#6This is just automating running the exploit from here: https://github.com/timwr/CVE-2016-5195
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Re: Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
#7Technically, this is not specific to Android phones. It's a hardware flaw and also possible on iOS.
edit: Correct, I was confusing it with Row Hammer.
Re: Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
#8Technically, this is not specific to Android phones. It's a hardware flaw and also possible on iOS. edit: Correct, I was confusing it with Row Hammer.
Forgive my ignorance, how this is possible on iOS?
Re: Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
#9Technically, this is not specific to Android phones. It's a hardware flaw and also possible on iOS. edit: Correct, I was confusing it with Row Hammer.
I think you're confusing this with the DrK KASLR bypass using TSX that was also on the frontpage recently. This is specifically a Linux bug, and isn't applicable to iOS.
Re: Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit
#10Technically, this is not specific to Android phones. It's a hardware flaw and also possible on iOS. edit: Correct, I was confusing it with Row Hammer.
You're mixing that up with rowhammer. The exploit that this article is about is a bug in the Linux kernel.