Android Vulnerabilities Discovered by Information Security Professionals

Recently, information security professionals discovered a new vulnerability in the Android web pregledniku.Ranjivost can cause web pages to gain unauthorized access to files stored on a smartphone "SD card. Google is reported to be investigating the vulnerability, first reported by Thomas Cannon. Information Security Experts think that the vulnerability could be used to access other files and data stored on the phone.

Ethical Hacking and vulnerability assessment tests used by IT professionals to identify vulnerabilities. Cause of vulnerability has been identified as an authorized feature preglednika.Android browser does not ask for permission before downloading datoteke.Datoteke are automatically saved in the SD card into the phone. JavaScript can be done without a permit, leading to information disclosure. As such, the devices have a default or commonly used names for applications and files, exploits can access music files, photos, video files and other privileged information. When users visit malicious web pages, files on the SD card can be seized to facilitate unauthorized access.

vulnerability affects all versions of Android, including Froyo or Android 2.2 and popular handsets, such as Desire to work Froyo. Another team of information security are reproduced to use on Google and Samsung Nexus One Galaxy card.

However, users can control the Android vulnerability by disabling JavaScript and browsers that use the line for a permit and limit the automatic downloading of files and applications.

vulnerability was discovered at a time when the security team is not free due to release a security update for Android 2.3 relating to Gingerbread.