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Is there an application that scan the phone or the phone image searching for vulnerability issues?

In the internet there are several tools that make Network scanning, but I found nothing specific for Android.
Any ideas please comment, I'll be very grateful.

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If you connect your phone to WiFi, it will acquire IP address. So you will be able to scan it's network services for vulnerablities from your desktop PC with convient programs.

I like NMAP port scanner and ZenMAP shell for it.

Also it looks like guys are porting NMAP to Android. Link 1, Link 2

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Aside from open ports that a network scanner would find, you may also be vulnerable to certain local exploits. The somewhat recently released X-Ray app is designed to check for a number of known vulnerabilities (though it is not capable of fixing them - you'd need an updated version of Android for that).

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Huge edit.

Almost all of the "one-click root" methods exploit a security hole; it's usually a privilege escalation exploit to get "temp root" as a first step. (From there the scripts will go on to make /system read-write, allow writing to partitions that are normally read-only, etc., in order to keep root access across reboots.)

Obviously, if you can break the security of your phone, someone else can too.

TL;DR: If a root method exists for your phone that does not consist of "unlock the bootloader and flash whatever you want" - you have a security vulnerability.

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Root alone doesn't cause vulnerability. –  Richard Borcsik Aug 14 '12 at 19:14
Let me try rephrasing my answer. –  Broam Aug 14 '12 at 20:39
+1 That's a great edit. –  Richard Borcsik Aug 14 '12 at 22:04
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