With Dirty Pipes exploit, you could lose control of your Pixel 6 or Galaxy S22 phone
A new vulnerability called Dirty Pipe can affect devices running Android 12. Known as CVE-2022-0847 (that is its Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures number that is assigned to known security flaws), Dirty Pipe could be exploited to allow Android applications with permission to read your files, perform malicious actions against them, and possibly take over control of your phone.
To make sure that your Pixel 6 or Galaxy S22 series phones don’t have Dirty Pipes, go to Settings > Android Version and look at the Kernel version. If it is higher than 5.8, your phone is potentially at risk.
To prevent your new Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+, and Galaxy S22 Ultra from getting “Dirty Pipes,” do not run apps that you can’t trust. And for the ultimate in protection, do not install any new apps until we see that Google has pushed out the patch specifically for Dirty Pipes. That might be a huge ask, but why risk turning root access of your phone over to someone who would love to steal your personal information because you want to download your fifth weather app.
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