CVE-2016-10138

An issue was discovered on BLU Advance 5.0 and BLU R1 HD devices with Shanghai Adups software. The com.adups.fota.sysoper app is installed as a system app and cannot be disabled by the user. In the com.adups.fota.sysoper app's AndroidManifest.xml file, it sets the android:sharedUserId attribute t...

CVE-2016-10137

CVE-2016-10137 affects BLU R1 HD devices running Shanghai Adups software. The vulnerability arises from the com.adups.fota.sysoper app (package com.adups.fota.sysoper) exposing InfoProvider to any app on the device, coupled with android:sharedUserId set to android.uid.system, causing execution as...

CVE-2016-10136

CVE-2016-10136 affects BLU R1 HD devices with Shanghai Adups software. The com.adups.fota.sysoper provider InfoProvider, in the com.adups.fota.sysoper app, sets android:sharedUserId to android.uid.system, enabling any app on the device to read, write, and delete files as the system user. This can...

CVE-2016-10138

An issue was discovered on BLU Advance 5.0 and BLU R1 HD devices with Shanghai Adups software. The com.adups.fota.sysoper app is installed as a system app and cannot be disabled by the user. In the com.adups.fota.sysoper app's AndroidManifest.xml file, it sets the android:sharedUserId attribute t...

CVE-2016-10136

An issue was discovered on BLU R1 HD devices with Shanghai Adups software. The content provider named com.adups.fota.sysoper.provider.InfoProvider in the app with a package name of com.adups.fota.sysoper allows any app on the device to read, write, and delete files as the system user. In the...

CVE-2016-10138

CVE-2016-10138 affects BLU Advance 5.0 and BLU R1 HD running Shanghai Adups software. The com.adups.fota.sysoper app is installed as a system app and sets android:sharedUserId to android.uid.system, causing it to run as the system user. It exposes an exported broadcast receiver (com.adups.fota.sy...

CVE-2016-10139

The CVE-2016-10139 issue affects BLU R1 HD devices running Shanghai Adups software. The com.adups.fota.sysoper app declares android:sharedUserId as android.uid.system, allowing it to run as the privileged system user and grant additional permissions not listed in its manifest. This enables access...

CVE-2016-10137

An issue was discovered on BLU R1 HD devices with Shanghai Adups software. The content provider named com.adups.fota.sysoper.provider.InfoProvider in the app with a package name of com.adups.fota.sysoper allows any app on the device to read, write, and delete files as the system user. In the...

CVE-2016-10139

An issue was discovered on BLU R1 HD devices with Shanghai Adups software. The two package names involved in the exfiltration are com.adups.fota and com.adups.fota.sysoper. In the com.adups.fota.sysoper app's AndroidManifest.xml file, it sets the android:sharedUserId attribute to a value of...

Backdoor Found in Firmware of Some Android Devices

Nearly three million Android devices are vulnerable to an attack that could allow a hacker to compromise over-the-air OTA updates to the devices and allow adversaries to remotely execute commands with root privileges. The problem stems from what researchers call an insecure implementation of an O...

Pre-installed Backdoor On 700 Million Android Phones Sending Users' Data To China

Do you own an Android smartphone? You could be one of those 700 Million users whose phone is secretly sending text messages to China every 72 hours. You heard that right. Over 700 Million Android smartphones contain a secret 'backdoor' that surreptitiously sends all your text messages, call log,...