Mobile Threat Catalogue

Rooting via Hardwawre Weaknesses

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Threat Category: Mobile Operating System

ID: STA-39

Threat Description: Certain hardware vulnerabilities exist in devices that could allow a user to root or jailbreak their device.

Threat Origin

Using Rowhammer bitflips to root Android phones is now a thing 1

Exploit Examples

Not Applicable

CVE Examples

Possible Countermeasures

Enterprise

Ensure devices are kept up-to-date with security patches to decrease the likelihood that they can be rooted/jailbroken.

References

  1. D. Goodin, “Using Rowhammer bitflips to root Android phones is now a thing”, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2016; http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/using-rowhammer-bitflips-to-root-android-phones-is-now-a-thing/ [accessed 12/15/2016] ↩