![]() A RAT has to gain root access - usually by exploiting a vulnerability - in order to have control over a system. RATs have long been a common Windows threat, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that it has come to Android. This AndroRAT targets CVE-2015-1805, a publicly disclosed vulnerability in 2016 that allows attackers to penetrate a number of older Android devices to perform its privilege escalation. ![]() Trend Micro detected a new variant of Android Remote Access Tool (AndroRAT) (identified as ANDROIDOS_ANDRORAT.HRXC) that has the ability to inject root exploits to perform malicious tasks such as silent installation, shell command execution, WiFi password collection, and screen capture.
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