Microsoft and OverSecured have discovered various vulnerabilities in the applications that any Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO comes installed from the factory. The Gallery or even the Security application itself have security flaws related to their permissions, allowing our privacy to be compromised.
As detailed by both companies, a large part of the native HyperOS and MIUI applications present security flaws that allow unauthorized access to our data, as well as obtaining system privileges. Additionally, the disclosure of phone numbers, account data, and other information obtained as a result of these vulnerabilities has been reported.
In itself, Microsoft has revealed important security flaws in Xiaomi’s own File Managerwhile OverSecured has detected the same bugs in the Gallery, Mi Vïdeo, GetApps, MIUI Bluetooth, Phone Services, Print Spooler, Security, Security Core, Settings, Xiaomi Cloud, System Tracing and ShareMe applications.
Update your Xiaomi applications to keep your smartphone safe from these security flaws
Xiaomi has already been notified by Microsoft and OverSecured, It is convenient that we keep the HyperOS and MIUI applications updateds. At any time Xiaomi can begin to deploy patches and fixes for these bugs, so it is convenient to continually monitor whether there is a new update by following these steps:
- Go to Settings > System App Updater
- Finally, we will update all those applications that appear by clicking on the button Update all
In this way we can keep our Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO free of security flaws, keeping our privacy intact. Our advice is that you go into these settings on a regular basischecking if there is any new update.
More information in: Microsoft and OverSecured
