Repeat after me: today's "impractical to exploit data corruption bug" is tomorrow's easy Android root. http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/using-rowhammer-bitflips-to-root-android-phones-is-now-a-thing/ …
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Replying to @marcan42 @arstechnica
was rowhammer ever that impractical to exploit...?
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Replying to @Zircean @arstechnica
Not really, but a lot of people assumed exploits would necessarily be unreliable.
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Replying to @marcan42 @arstechnica
kinda surprised it took this long tbh. i thought there had been pocs for a long time
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Replying to @Zircean @arstechnica
It does take a decent amount of cleverness to weaponize it to this extent.
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