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Stagefright: Vulnerabilities, Bug Fixing, Preventive Measures in Android

Published on February 2019 by Walunj Swapnil K., Yadav Anil H.
Leveraging Information Technology for Inter-Sectoral Research
Foundation of Computer Science USA
ICAIM2017 - Number 2
February 2019
Authors: Walunj Swapnil K., Yadav Anil H.
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Walunj Swapnil K., Yadav Anil H. . Stagefright: Vulnerabilities, Bug Fixing, Preventive Measures in Android. Leveraging Information Technology for Inter-Sectoral Research. ICAIM2017, 2 (February 2019), 15-19.

@article{
author = { Walunj Swapnil K., Yadav Anil H. },
title = { Stagefright: Vulnerabilities, Bug Fixing, Preventive Measures in Android },
journal = { Leveraging Information Technology for Inter-Sectoral Research },
issue_date = { February 2019 },
volume = { ICAIM2017 },
number = { 2 },
month = { February },
year = { 2019 },
issn = 0975-8887,
pages = { 15-19 },
numpages = 5,
url = { /proceedings/icaim2017/number2/30392-1725/ },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

This paper presents the threats to the Android by using the Loop Hole in the Operating System of Android. Stagefright is the group of software bugs that affect versions 2. 2 ("Froyo") and newer of the Android operating system, allowing an attacker to perform arbitrary operations on the victim's device through remote code execution and privilege escalation. Stagefright is believed to be the worst Android vulnerability yet discovered. All devices running Android versions Froyo 2. 2 to Lollipop 5. 1. 1 are affected, which are used by approximately 95% of all Android devices, by nearly 1 billion people. Hackers only need to know your phone number to infect your device.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Loop Hole Operating System Froyo Infect