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Android doesn't have
su, which this proof of concept exploit requires. Although rooted Android does, so in theory malware written for rooted Android could escalate to root privileges.Also, the underlying vulnerabilities might be exploitable without
subut I don't fully understand theAF_ALGandauthencesnbug limits things, or what other executables can escalate privileges.Don't need specifically SU by my understanding. Just any suid executable.
Ah yeah. Plus apparently Android's default SELinux configuration blocks this separately, as well.