A computer security researcher says he plans to release code that could be used to attack some versions of Google’s Android phones over the Internet. The attack targets the browser in older, Android 2.1-and-earlier versions of the phones. The bug in the bug lies in the WebKit browser engine used by Android. Android walls off different components of the operating system from each other, Keith’s exploit does not give him full, root access to a hacked phone. It could snatch photographs from the phone or snoop on someone’s browsing history.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2126076/researcher-to-release-web-based-android-attack.html