Android security hole opens device to outside control says CrowdStrike

[Derrick]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/44279-android-vulnerability-opens-device-to-outside-control-experts.html

Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc’s widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices...

 

[Elimentals]

CrowdStrike’s method of attack makes use of a previously unpublicized security flaw in a piece of software known as webkit, which is built into the Android operating system’s Web browser.

Webkit is also incorporated into other software programs, including Google’s Chrome browser and the Apple iOS operating system for the iPhone and iPad.

So in essence this is a Webkit flaw and not a Android one as iPhone and other mobile devices that use Webkit can also be at risk?

I wonder how Google will address this one. I have a feeling that they will simply just patch the affected application by updating it with a pushed apk install. Its not like they will get all the OEM's and SP to agree on a OS update overnight.