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CVE-2016-10137

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

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 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. This allows a third-party app to read, write, and delete the user's sent and received text messages and call log. This allows a third-party app to obtain PII from the user without permission to do so.

Affected products

• Adups Fota: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96852
• https://www.kryptowire.com/adups_security_analysis.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96852
• https://www.kryptowire.com/adups_security_analysis.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html

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