CEce4·Oct 27, 2016
The first goo.gl link is dead for me... Care to give the real link instead of a shortened URL?
Edit as noted elsewhere, should be
https://github.com/timwr/CVE-2016-5195
In Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploittimwr
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CVE-2016-5195
CVE-2016-5195 (dirtycow/dirtyc0w) proof of concept for Android
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CVE-2016-5195 (dirtycow/dirtyc0w) proof of concept for Android
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Oct 27, 04:00 | 2016-10-27 04:00:00 UTC | 2016-10-27 05:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 27, 05:00 | 2016-10-27 05:00:00 UTC | 2016-10-27 06:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 2016-10-27 06:00:00 UTC | 2016-10-27 07:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27, 07:00 | 2016-10-27 07:00:00 UTC | 2016-10-27 08:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27, 08:00 | 2016-10-27 08:00:00 UTC | 2016-10-27 09:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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3 sourcesA (somewhat cringeworthy) thread on how to gain persistence via this exploit is at https://github.com/timwr/CVE-2016-5195/issues/9
I think this would be a "temporary root", rather than something like CF-AutoRoot that gains persistence by modifying the system itself.
In Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploitThis is just automating running the exploit from here:
https://github.com/timwr/CVE-2016-5195
In Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit