GingerMaster

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GingerMaster is malware that affects Android operating system version 2.3. It was first detected in August 2011. [1]

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GingerMaster is Android malware that contains a root exploit packaged within an infected app. [2] [3] GingerMaster's Root exploit is the "KillingInTheNameOfGingerBreakzegRush" [4]

Process

GingerMaster appears to be a normal application on the user's phone, but once the application is launched on an Android device, it acquires root privileges through GingerBreak on the device and then accesses sensitive data. [5] [4] Once GingerMaster has root access it will try to install a root shell for future malicious use. [4]

Function

GingerMaster steals data such as:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "First Android Malware Utilizing a Root Exploit on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)" . Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  2. ↑ "First malware using Android Gingerbreak root exploit". 22 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  3. ↑ "Latest Android Malware Infects Gingerbread via Jailbreak Exploit" . Retrieved 2011-08-23.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. 1 2 3 Lee, Hwan-Taek; Kim, Dongjin; Park, Minkyu; Cho, Seong-je (2014-12-10). "Protecting data on android platform against privilege escalation attack" . International Journal of Computer Mathematics. 93 (2): 401–414. doi:10.1080/00207160.2014.986113. ISSN   0020-7160. S2CID   39113435.
  5. ↑ "Beware the Android Gingermaster". Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2011-08-23.


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