Unpatched OnePlus Flaws Let Installed Android Apps Gain Root Without Permissions
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In this article, we review how harmful applications can exploit gaps in the OxygenOS system to gain root powers without permission. Uncorrected gaps in OnePlus allow proven applications to obtain root powers without permission that can be installed... the article shows the OnePlus gaps that allow applications to obtain root powers first on a robotic battery.
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Unpatched OnePlus Flaws Let Installed Android Apps Gain Root Without Permissions
A OnePlus 15 running the latest OxygenOS can be rooted by a malicious app the owner installs, one that asks for no special permissions. A researcher, Rasmus Moorats, chained two flaws in OnePlus's own software to gain root access, the highest level of control over an Android phone. OnePlus told him the same flaws affect many more of its own devices and those of OPPO, though it has not
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