CVE-2016-6564

Android devices with code from Ragentek contain a privileged binary that performs over-the-air OTA update checks. Additionally, there are multiple techniques used to hide the execution of this binary. This behavior could be described as a rootkit. This binary, which resides as /system/bin/debugs,...

Design/Logic Flaw

Android devices with code from Ragentek contain a privileged binary that performs over-the-air OTA update checks. Additionally, there are multiple techniques used to hide the execution of this binary. This behavior could be described as a rootkit. This binary, which resides as /system/bin/debugs,...

CVE-2016-6564

CVE-2016-6564 concerns Ragentek Android firmware that embeds a privileged OTA update binary (/system/bin/debugs) which communicates with three HTTP hosts over an unencrypted channel. The rootkit-like binary runs with root privileges and can execute arbitrary root commands in responses from the se...

CVE-2016-6564 Ragentek Android software contains an over-the-air update mechanism that communicates over an unencrypted channel, which can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges

Android devices with code from Ragentek contain a privileged binary that performs over-the-air OTA update checks. Additionally, there are multiple techniques used to hide the execution of this binary. This behavior could be described as a rootkit. This binary, which resides as /system/bin/debugs,...

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...

Ragentek Android OTA update mechanism vulnerable to MITM attack

Overview Ragentek Android software contains an over-the-air update mechanism that communicates over an unencrypted channel, which can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Description CWE-494: Download of Code Without Integrity Check - CVE-2016-6564 Android...