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Google Warns Millions of Android Phone Users to Take Action Immediately

submitted by AugustineOfHippo2 to technology 2.2 yearsMar 20, 2023 20:55:28 ago (+3/-1)     (www.theepochtimes.com)

https://www.theepochtimes.com/google-warns-millions-of-android-phone-users-to-take-action-immediately_5136112.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=TheLibertyDaily

four vulnerabilities allow an attacker to remotely compromise a phone at the baseband level with no user interaction, and require only that the attacker know the victim’s phone number.


the exploit is based on wifi calling using a specific chipset in some Android phones.


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I guess if the modem has DMA access to all of memory you can treat it like a debugger and control the main CPU's OS that way. AFAIK the modem runs a different firmware. Taking over that software wouldn't be immediately the same thing as controlling the OS, though it does seem like a convenient backdoor.