Malicious applications can abuse the phone call feature in most Android versions to place phone calls, even if they do not have the necessary permission.
Researchers at the German security consultancy company, Curesec, found that the vulnerability can be exploited to terminate ongoing calls and to send short text messages to a specific number, although in this case user intervention is necessary.
They discovered the bug last year and reported it to the Android Security Team in late 2013, who…
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