Experts at the Google Android team have discovered high severity privilege escalation vulnerability in some of Honeywell Android-based handheld computers.
Security experts from the Google Android team have discovered a high severity privilege escalation vulnerability in some of Honeywell Android-based handheld computers that could be exploited by an attacker to gain elevated privileges.
According to the vendor, Honeywell handheld computers combine the advantages of consumer PDAs and high-end industrial mobile computers into a single rugged package.
The rugged devices provide enhanced connectivity, including industry standard 802.11x, Cisco compatibility, and Bluetooth, they are widely adopted in many sectors, including energy, healthcare, critical manufacturing, and commercial facilities.
The US ICS-CERT published a security advisory to warn of the vulnerability that affects several models of Honeywell Android handheld computers, including CT60, CN80, CT40, CK75, CN75, CT50, D75e, CN51, and EDA series.
The affected devices run various Android version between 4.4 and 8.1.
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