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QUAD ROOTER Vulnerability

  Check Point Software Technologies has revealed details of a new Android vulnerability that affects phones using the Qualcomm chipset. The vulnerability called ‘Quad Rooter’ affects over 900 million devices, according to Check Point.                                                      Quad Rooter is a set of four vulnerabilities affecting Android devices built using Qualcomm chipsets. Qualcomm is the world’s leading designer of LTE chipsets. If any one of the four vulnerabilities is exploited, an attacker can trigger privilege escalations for the purpose of gaining root access to a device. However, this can only be done through the use of a malicious app, so always tread with caution when installing new apps. For example, only download apps from the Google Play Store. The four vulnerabilities in Quad rooter vulnerability is ·          CVE-2016-2059   ·          CVE-2016-2504           ·          CVE-2016-2503 ·          CVE-2016