This essentially means hackers can inject malicious codes into other apps to access their information while hijacking ShareIt to make it a masquerader on the phone to leak information from time to time. According to researchers at Trend Micro, these flaws can allow “any third-party” entity to “gain temporary read/write access” to the data of the content provider. ShareIt when making communication with Android’s content management system exposes other apps’ capabilities. Now, these abilities of an Android app often comes with red flags that developers need to see and take action against. Android allows intra-app communication for providing content within the app without needing to leave it.

Perhaps the biggest flaw in the app appears to be Android’s mainstay in the operating system. These vulnerabilities have been spotted in the Android app, however, ShareIt is available on iOS, Windows, and Mac, making it one of the top ten most-downloaded apps globally. In its report, Trend Micro has noted that ShareIt has one too many vulnerabilities that pose a security risk to its 1.8 billion users worldwide.

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