OnePlus OTA Lack of TLS Vulnerability(CVE-2016-10370)

Summary The OnePlus OTA Updater pushes the signed-OTA image over HTTP without TLS. While it does not allow for installation of arbitrary OTAs due to the digital signature, it unnecessarily increases the attack surface, and allows for remote exploitation of other vulnerabilities such as...

Design/Logic Flaw

An issue was discovered on OnePlus devices such as the 3T. The OnePlus OTA Updater pushes the signed-OTA image over HTTP without TLS. While it does not allow for installation of arbitrary OTAs due to the digital signature, it unnecessarily increases the attack surface, and allows for remote...

CVE-2017-8851

CVE-2017-8851 affects OnePlus One and OnePlus X. A lenient updater-script, shared OTA verification keys, and identical ro.build.product allow cross-flashing of OTAs between products, even with locked bootloaders. This enables MiTM targets of the update process and, since updates are not over TLS ...

CVE-2016-10370

An issue linked to CVE-2016-10370 affects OnePlus OTA updaters on devices such as OnePlus 3/3T: the OTA image is delivered over HTTP without TLS, increasing the attack surface and enabling potential exploitation of other vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-5948, CVE-2017-8850, CVE-2017-8851). The root caus...