# CVE-2020-7705: Malicious Package

> The MintegralAdSDK secretly tracks user URLs and performs ad fraud even when ads are disabled, requiring developers to remove the SDK.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N/E:H/RL:U/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6mx7-mrm3-c2p6

## What is CVE-2020-7705?

CVE-2020-7705 is a high-severity vulnerability in MintegralAdSDK, published on 24 Aug 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

This affects the package MintegralAdSDK from 0.0.0. The SDK distributed by the company contains malicious functionality that tracks any URL opened by the app and reports it back to the company, along with performing advertisement attribution fraud. Mintegral can remotely activate hooks on the UIApplication, openURL, SKStoreProductViewController, loadProductWithParameters and NSURLProtocol methods along with anti-debug and proxy detection protection. If those hooks are active MintegralAdSDK sends obfuscated data about every opened URL in an application to their servers. Note that the malicious functionality is enabled even if the SDK was not enabled to serve ads.

Weakness: CWE-1021 (Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7705?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mintegral Mintegraladsdk.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-7705?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7705 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-7705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in MintegralAdSDK

- [CVE-2020-7745](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7745/): Malicious Package (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2020-7744](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7744/): Information Exposure (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7705 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-7705 is a high-severity vulnerability in MintegralAdSDK, published on 24 Aug 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: MintegralAdSDK. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7705/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7705/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7705
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7705
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7705

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7705/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.