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title: "Pork Explosion: New Android Backdoor Allows Hackers to Root Devices"
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# [Pork Explosion: New Android Backdoor Allows Hackers to Root Devices](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/pork-explosion-new-android-backdoor-allows-hackers-to-root-devices)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Thu | Oct 13, 2016 | 7:00 AM Z

Only Android devices made with a certain Foxconn manufacturing firmware are effected.

[CSO Explains:](http://www.csoonline.com/article/3130819/mobile-security/backdoor-dubbed-pork-explosion-lets-attackers-go-hog-wild-on-android-phones.html)

> A backdoor in Android firmware provided by manufacturer Foxconn allows attackers to root devices to which they have physical access, according to a security researcher and barbecue enthusiast who dubbed the vulnerability Pork Explosion.
> 
> Jon Sawyer (who also goes by jcase online) discovered the vulnerability at the end of August, and [publicized it on his blog on Wednesday](http://bbqand0days.com/Pork-Explosion-Unleashed/), a day after smartphone vendor Nextbit, which was one of the most heavily affected OEMs, released a fix for the problem.
> 
> According to Sawyer, Pork Explosion allows attackers that have physical access to an affected device to gain a root shell. The heart of the problem is a rogue fastboot command, which bypasses every authentication and security measure present and reboots the phone into a factory test mode.

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