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Re:Android libstagefright still exploitable by scintill76 on Thursday August 13, 2015 @02:53PM (#10056391)
I could have sworn I read in the OP a few minutes ago, that mediaserver runs as "system" on some devices, which would probably be worse. I'm not finding it now, so maybe it was edited or I'm mis-remembering.

Anyway, vendor customization diverging from AOSP makes it hard to say.

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Re:Android libstagefright still exploitable by pacquiao882 on Thursday August 13, 2015 @03:27PM (#10056617)
You are correct. It runs with system and graphics privileges on many devices. It is a native service started at system init and is automatically restarted if it crashes.
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