Four vulnerabilities relating to Qualcomm chipsets used by an estimated 900 million Android smartphones and tablets could each be exploited to seize control of devices and steal any data they store, warns Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point.
Devices from numerous manufacturers – including Samsung, HTC, Motorola and LG – are reportedly at risk from the flaws, which exist in chipset-related code created by Qualcomm.
“If any one of the four vulnerabilities is exploited, an attacker can trigger privilege escalations and gain root access to a device,” Check Point warns in a related research report into the flaws, which it’s dubbed “Quadrooter.”
