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by ActorNightly 19 days ago
How is it a wide impact?

It requires being able to execute arbitrary code on the machine in userspace. If you have that, most of the time you don't even care about kernel level exploits.

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It's a browser to kernel full chain exploit, from url click to root your device.
No, GhostLock is not browser to Kernel.

https://nebusec.ai/research/v8-maglev-incorrect-phis-untaggi...

This is the browser part.

> Step1. Download Vulnerable Firefox.

Please tell me you are trolling me and not this stupid.

I think you are misunderstanding the objective.
Supposedly it can root Android.