Users of Xiaomi devices may be taking serious security risks. The alert was recently made by application security startup Oversecured. According to its researchers, there are around 20 serious flaws that affect all of the company’s smartphonesand can give hackers access to information contained on devices.
These flaws were found both in the MIUI interface, as in mpvp operating system HyperOS. Many of them affect the cloud storage service, Xiaomi Cloud, application records, and even the smartphone’s photo and video library.
According to Oversecured, the entire fault report was presented to Xiaomi between April 25th and 30th. However, to date, the company did not comment on the matter, or release an update to correct these problems.
Xiaomi smartphones have a series of problems that affect their security. (Image: Getty Images)Source: GettyImages
Faults involve applications and system settings
In the list published by Oversecured it is possible to analyze that these failures They are not exclusive to just one set of apps. This is because the report points out problems in elements of the system itselfsuch as holes in configurations and even vulnerabilities involving the Xiaomi package in AOSP.
Check out some of the main flaws according to the Oversecured report:
- Security issues involving system privileges;
- Loopholes that can lead to file theft through system privileges;
- Gaps in the transmission system that expose Bluetooth and Wi-Fi data;
- Exposure of data from Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and phone numbers from the contact book;
- Data exposure by GetApps;
- Data exposure through MIUI Bluetooth;
- Loopholes that provide easier access to the Gallery app;
- Loopholes that provide easy access to files hosted on Xiaomi Cloud;
- Data exposure when using Mi Video.
Xiaomi Cloud is one of the services that presents security flaws in the company’s smartphones. (Image: Xiaomi/Disclosure)Source: Xiaomi
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