{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-v5x2-q7qf-v88w",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T02:55:21Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:55:21Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-10138"
  ],
  "details": "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 to a value of android.uid.system which makes it execute as the system user, which is a very privileged user on the device. The app has an exported broadcast receiver named com.adups.fota.sysoper.WriteCommandReceiver which any app on the device can interact with. Therefore, any app can send a command embedded in an intent which will be executed by the WriteCommandReceiver component which is executing as the system user. The third-party app, utilizing the WriteCommandReceiver, can perform the following actions: call a phone number, factory reset the device, take pictures of the screen, record the screen in a video, install applications, inject events, obtain the Android log, and others. In addition, the com.adups.fota.sysoper.TaskService component will make a request to a URL of http://rebootv5.adsunflower.com/ps/fetch.do where the commands in the String array with a key of sf in the JSON Object sent back by the server will be executed as the system user. Since the connection is made via HTTP, it is vulnerable to a MITM attack.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10138"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.kryptowire.com/adups_security_analysis.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96853"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-01-13T09:59:00Z"
  }
}