Security News > 2015 > July > Flawed Android backup mechanism can lead to injected malicious apps (Help Net Security)
2015-07-13 12:26
A flaw (CVE-2014-7952) in Android's backup/restore mechanism can be exploited by knowledgeable developers to "respawn" malicious apps on phones, and make them gain top-level access and potentially dan...
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-12 | CVE-2014-7952 | Injection vulnerability in Google Android The backup mechanism in the adb tool in Android might allow attackers to inject additional applications (APKs) and execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to filter application data streams. | 4.6 |