Millions of Android devices are at risk yet again after researchers found a new way to exploit an older vulnerability that was previously patched by Google.
NorthBit, based in Herzliya, Israel, published a paper outlining Metaphor, a nickname for a new weakness they found in Stagefright, Android’s mediaserver and multimedia library.
The attack is effective against devices running Android versions 2.2 through 4.0 and 5.0 and 5.1, NorthBit said.
