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		tardedmeme 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Copy Fail The vulnerability can also be used on any binary that is already running as root and you can open for reading. So yes, any android app can now escalate to root if android has the vulnerable module.

userbinator 23 days ago [–]

Unfortunately another comment thread here says that it doesn't.

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