---
id: 8631
title: "Attacking the Qualcomm Adreno GPU"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2020/09/attacking-qualcomm-adreno-gpu.html"
published_at: "2020-09-08T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["android", "gpu", "project-zero", "qualcomm", "adreno"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8631"
lang: en
---

# Attacking the Qualcomm Adreno GPU

## Summary

When writing an Android exploit, breaking out of the application sandbox is often a key step. There are a wide range of remote attacks that give you code execution with the privileges of an application (like the browser or a messaging application), but a sandbox escape is still required to gain full system access.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2020-09-08T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2020/09/attacking-qualcomm-adreno-gpu.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8631