Unpatched OnePlus Flaws Let Installed Android Apps Gain Root Without Permissions

A OnePlus 15 running the latest OxygenOS can be rooted by a malicious app the owner installs, one that asks for no special permissions. A researcher, Rasmus Moorats, chained two flaws in OnePlus’s own software to gain root access, the highest level of control over an Android phone.

OnePlus told him the same flaws affect many more of its own devices and those of OPPO, though it has notThe Hacker NewsRead More