Google's Project Zero has discovered a new zero-day exploit in Android capable of allowing an attacker to gain root access. The vulnerability was found in the kernel of the Android operating system and can be utilized by an attacker to gain root access to a device.

Oddly enough, the vulnerability was patched back in December of 2017 in Android kernel versions 3.18, 4.14, 4.4 and 4.9, though newer versions of Android were found to be vulnerable.