Bug In Android Passes Keystrokes To Root Shell

pasokon writes "ZDNet reports on an Android bug in T-Mobile G1s with early versions of the firmware: 'When the phone booted it started up a command shell as root and sent every keystroke you ever typed on the keyboard from then on to that shell. Thus every word you typed, in addition to going to the foreground application would be silently and invisibly interpreted as a command and executed with superuser privileges. ... open the keyboard tray on your G1, ignore anything you see on the screen, and type these 8 keystrokes: (enter)-r-e-b-o-o-t-(enter). Poof, your phone will reboot.'"

Comments

Easier than the iPhone

[houstonbofh]

I guess it will be easier to jailbreak than the iPhone. It's not a bug, it's a feature! I wonder what happens when you type "(enter)rm /*.* -r(enter)", and is it warrantied?

Re:reboot

[spicate]

I tried typing reboot NO CARRIER

Re:Uh oh

[AmberBlackCat]

Nonsense. It only works if you actually type the word. So it's unlikely that anybody will accidentally reboot
NO CARRIER