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Examples of a request sent by the client binary: POST /pagt/agent?data={\"name\":\"c_regist\",\"details\":{...}} HTTP/1. 1 Host: 114.80.68.223 Connection: Close An example response from the server could be: HTTP/1.1 200 OK {\"code\": \"01\", \"name\": \"push_commands\", \"details\": {\"server_id\": \"1\" , \"title\": \"Test Command\", \"comments\": \"Test\", \"commands\": \"touch /tmp/test\"}} This binary is reported to be present in the following devices: BLU Studio G BLU Studio G Plus BLU Studio 6.0 HD BLU Studio X BLU Studio X Plus BLU Studio C HD Infinix Hot X507 Infinix Hot 2 X510 Infinix Zero X506 Infinix Zero 2 X509 DOOGEE Voyager 2 DG310 LEAGOO Lead 5 LEAGOO Lead 6 LEAGOO Lead 3i LEAGOO Lead 2S LEAGOO Alfa 6 IKU Colorful K45i Beeline Pro 2 XOLO Cube 5.0","publishedAt":"2018-07-13T20:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-06T01:36:28.064Z","severity":null,"assigner":"certcc","products":["Ragentek Android software"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Ragentek","product":"Android software","versions":[{"version":"N/A","status":"unknown"}]}],"references":["https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/624539","https://www.bitsighttech.com/blog/ragentek-android-ota-update-mechanism-vulnerable-to-mitm-attack","https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94393/"],"weaknesses":["CWE-494"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:42:50.421Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2016/6xxx/CVE-2016-6564.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2016-6564","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2018-07-13T20:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T01:36:28.064Z","assignerShortName":"certcc","assignerOrgId":"37e5125f-f79b-445b-8fad-9564f167944b","dateReserved":"2016-08-03T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"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","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Android devices with code from Ragentek contain a privileged binary that performs over-the-air (OTA) update checks. 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