Three months ago Google launched a routine investigation by his team Project Zero internal hackers, this time directed to find bugs -fallos in programming or design software- Edge smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6.
The result was 11 security flaws were discovered in TouchWiz, the layer of customization of the manufacturer.
One of the vulnerabilities It was found in the e-mail software from Samsung that could have allowed hackers to transmit messages from the victim to his own.
Another failure can alter the configuration of the application of photo views by sending a specially coded image.
The most serious
However, Google said the most worrying issue was the existence of a directory traversal in a wireless utility built into the phone, with which you can instruct the application to access a file that should not be accessible and should not be accessible.
“If someone malicious software provided data, may change other files in the system and interfere with other functions, especially security features,” said Steven Murdoch, researcher Security at University College London.
“Eventually could allow someone to take control of the entire phone,” he said.
“Android tries to topcoats , so even if there’s another through a “explained the expert, but the fault” removes some very important layers of such protection “.
The bugs” considerably weakened the safety “of the operating system Google, in the independent expert opinion.
“There’s definitely a tension between Google and handset manufacturers, as Google wants to protect its Android brand, and when it comes to safety, Android has been quite tarnished “he said.
Quick action
The work of Project Zero of Google, is to discover previously unknown security flaws.
“In the course of a week, a total of 11 bugs found a serious security impact,” the team wrote in his blog.
“Most of these problems were solved in the device that have examined through an OTA (technology that allows the operator to transmit data wirelessly to terminals and remote sites) over a period of 90 days.
“It is encouraging that more serious issues were resolved and updated on the device within a reasonable time,” said
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A statement from Samsung said it has solved 8 errors and the remaining three will be fixed through a security update later this month.
“Maintaining confidence our customers is a priority, “the company said.
Samsung confirmed that it had addressed this particular issue in a security update released last month.
” Samsung encourages users keep your software updated at all times and applications, “the spokesman added.
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