what you don't know can hurt you
Home Files News &[SERVICES_TAB]About Contact Add New

RootExplorer Man-In-The-Middle / Remote Code Execution

RootExplorer Man-In-The-Middle / Remote Code Execution
Posted Jul 13, 2016
Authored by 0x3d5157636b525761

RootExplorer is a rooted Android App aimed to ultimately control file operations on an Android device. Unfortunately, RootExplorer tries to download an external busybox from plain a HTTP website, which might cause rooted remote code execution.

tags | advisory, remote, web, root, code execution
SHA-256 | 198bffa368d070bf6edcd0638d73b7f559980f3f73607c0265ebe726b5beffb2

RootExplorer Man-In-The-Middle / Remote Code Execution

Change Mirror Download
Disclosure timeline
=====================
June 11th: discovered issues.
June 12th: contacted App developer.
June 12th: App developer replies that the new App is not ready yet, but
will not download assets from HTTP.
June 13th: asked how much time it'll take to fix, App developer didn't
respond.
July 2nd: App developer queried again, but failed to respond.
July 8th: App developer got his 3rd notice, but failed to respond.
July 9th: full disclosure.

Technical details
==================
RootExplorer is a rooted Android App aimed to ultimately control file
operations on an Android device.
Unfortunately, RootExplorer tries to download an external busybox from
plain a HTTP website, which might cause rooted remote code execution.

Blogpost
=======
http://securitygodmode.blogspot.com/2016/07/android-attack-surfaces-part-ii.html


Login or Register to add favorites

File Archive:

April 2024

  • Su
  • Mo
  • Tu
  • We
  • Th
  • Fr
  • Sa
  • 1
    Apr 1st
    10 Files
  • 2
    Apr 2nd
    26 Files
  • 3
    Apr 3rd
    40 Files
  • 4
    Apr 4th
    6 Files
  • 5
    Apr 5th
    26 Files
  • 6
    Apr 6th
    0 Files
  • 7
    Apr 7th
    0 Files
  • 8
    Apr 8th
    22 Files
  • 9
    Apr 9th
    14 Files
  • 10
    Apr 10th
    10 Files
  • 11
    Apr 11th
    13 Files
  • 12
    Apr 12th
    14 Files
  • 13
    Apr 13th
    0 Files
  • 14
    Apr 14th
    0 Files
  • 15
    Apr 15th
    30 Files
  • 16
    Apr 16th
    10 Files
  • 17
    Apr 17th
    22 Files
  • 18
    Apr 18th
    0 Files
  • 19
    Apr 19th
    0 Files
  • 20
    Apr 20th
    0 Files
  • 21
    Apr 21st
    0 Files
  • 22
    Apr 22nd
    0 Files
  • 23
    Apr 23rd
    0 Files
  • 24
    Apr 24th
    0 Files
  • 25
    Apr 25th
    0 Files
  • 26
    Apr 26th
    0 Files
  • 27
    Apr 27th
    0 Files
  • 28
    Apr 28th
    0 Files
  • 29
    Apr 29th
    0 Files
  • 30
    Apr 30th
    0 Files

Top Authors In Last 30 Days

File Tags

Systems

packet storm

© 2022 Packet Storm. All rights reserved.

Services
Security Services
Hosting By
Rokasec
close