GingerMaster explained

GingerMaster is malware that affects Android operating system version 2.3. It was first detected in August 2011.^[1]

History

GingerMaster is Android malware that contains a root exploit packaged within an infected app.^{[2] [3]} GingerMaster's Root exploit is the "KillingInTheNameOfGingerBreakzegRush"^[4]

Process

GingerMaster acts to be a normal application on the users phone, and once the application is launched on an Android device, it acquires root privileges through GingerBreak on the device and then accesses sensitive data.^[5] Once GingerMaster has root access it will try to install a root shell for future malicious use.

Function

GingerMaster steals data such as:

• SIM card number
• Phone number
  • IMEI number
• IMSI number
  • Screen resolution Native time

See also

• Brain Test
• Dendroid (Malware)
• Computer virus
• File binder
• Individual mobility
• Malware
• Trojan horse (computing)
• Worm (computing)
• Mobile operating system

Notes and References

1. Web site: First Android Malware Utilizing a Root Exploit on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). 2011-08-18 .
2. Web site: First malware using Android Gingerbreak root exploit. 22 August 2011 . 2011-08-22 .
3. Web site: Latest Android Malware Infects Gingerbread via Jailbreak Exploit . 2011-08-23 .
4. Lee. Hwan-Taek. Kim. Dongjin. Park. Minkyu. Cho. Seong-je. 2014-12-10. Protecting data on android platform against privilege escalation attack. International Journal of Computer Mathematics. 93. 2. 401–414. 10.1080/00207160.2014.986113. 39113435 . 0020-7160.
5. Web site: Beware the Android Gingermaster . 2011-08-23 . 2015-10-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151018211510/http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-features/58049-beware-the-android-gingermaster . dead .