spflashtool-bin

maintainer Omar007 · 36 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The package downloads a source archive from a non-whitelisted but project-related domain (spflashtools.com) which hosts the official SP Flash Tool; the build process installs only the project's own binaries and data, with no evidence of remote code execution or payload obfuscation.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-07-25) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package downloads a source archive from a non-whitelisted but project-related domain (spflashtools.com) which hosts the official SP Flash Tool; the build process installs only the project's own binaries and data, with no evidence of remote code execution or payload obfuscation.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

MEDIUM source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

PKGBUILD:15 source=("https://spflashtools.com/wp-content/uploads/SP_Flash_Tool_v${pkgver}_Linux.zip"

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Omar Pakker <archlinux@opakker.nl>
    
      2
    
      3_pkgname=spflashtool
    
      4pkgname="${_pkgname}-bin"
    
      5pkgver="6.2228"
    
      6pkgrel=1
    
      7pkgdesc="SP Flash Tool is an application to flash your MediaTek (MTK) SmartPhone."
    
      8arch=('x86_64')
    
      9url="http://spflashtools.com/category/linux"
    
      10license=('unknown')
    
      11depends=('gcc-libs' 'qt5-serialport' 'qt5-xmlpatterns')
    
      12makedepends=('gendesk')
    
      13provides=("${_pkgname}")
    
      14conflicts=("${_pkgname}")
    
      15source=("https://spflashtools.com/wp-content/uploads/SP_Flash_Tool_v${pkgver}_Linux.zip"
    
      16        'spflashtool.png'
    
      17        '60-spflashtool.rules')
    
      18sha256sums=('1f063c41bb199e39e0b22082a0a369f3078e2fcd048af7aba02f0d9b5d06ba64'
    
      19            'fe0b9c1de77c687623bfc07733041d1387f755493cdf904e6afcb47f784d34c7'
    
      20            'a0e20dea13cfc63a92444e3763c764701162cfb5a8d04092dc69169f4214fb8d')
    
      21
    
      22# Workaround for source file download, which requires the 'Referer' header to be set
    
      23DLAGENTS=('https::/usr/bin/curl -gqb "" -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u -e %u'
    
      24          "${DLAGENTS[@]}")
    
      25
    
      26prepare() {
    
      27	# Create .desktop file.
    
      28	gendesk -f -n \
    
      29		--pkgname "${_pkgname}" \
    
      30		--pkgdesc "${pkgdesc}" \
    
      31		--name "SP Flash Tool" \
    
      32		--genericname "Firmware Flasher" \
    
      33		--comment "MediaTek (MTK) Firmware Flasher" \
    
      34		--exec "/usr/bin/${_pkgname}" \
    
      35		--categories "System;"
    
      36
    
      37	# Create exec file. Required for the binary to find its own .so files
    
      38	{
    
      39		echo '#!/bin/sh'
    
      40		echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/'"${_pkgname}"'"'
    
      41		echo 'exec /opt/'"${_pkgname}"'/SPFlashToolV6 "${@}"'
    
      42	} > "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}"
    
      43}
    
      44
    
      45package() {
    
      46	local folderName="SP_Flash_Tool_v${pkgver}_Linux"
    
      47
    
      48	# Clean files we do not need
    
      49	rm -r "${srcdir}/${folderName}/Driver"
    
      50	rm -r "${srcdir}/${folderName}/lib"
    
      51	rm -r "${srcdir}/${folderName}/plugins"
    
      52	rm "${srcdir}/${folderName}/99-ttyacms.rules"
    
      53	rm "${srcdir}/${folderName}/modemmanagercmd.sh"
    
      54	rm "${srcdir}/${folderName}/SPFlashToolV6.sh"
    
      55
    
      56	# Install remaining files
    
      57	install -Dm644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/${_pkgname}/" "${srcdir}/${folderName}/"*
    
      58
    
      59	# Mark the binary as executable and install the shell file created in prepare()
    
      60	chmod 755 "${pkgdir}/opt/${_pkgname}/SPFlashToolV6"
    
      61	install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}"
    
      62
    
      63	# Desktop file and icon
    
      64	install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${_pkgname}.png"
    
      65	install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}.desktop" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/${_pkgname}.desktop"
    
      66
    
      67	# Udev rule
    
      68	install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/60-${_pkgname}.rules" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-${_pkgname}.rules"
    
      69}
    
      70

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-08-03 00:08:14	LOW	2
2026-08-02 00:16:08	LOW	2
2026-08-01 00:11:18	LOW	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	LOW	2
2026-07-30 00:17:23	LOW	2
2026-07-29 00:25:53	LOW	2
2026-07-28 00:07:28	LOW	2
2026-07-27 00:24:32	LOW	2
2026-07-26 00:07:32	LOW	2
2026-07-25 00:13:44	LOW	2
2026-07-24 00:02:28	LOW	2
2026-07-23 00:14:47	LOW	2
2026-07-22 00:29:32	LOW	2
2026-07-21 00:24:15	LOW	2
2026-07-20 00:19:49	LOW	2
2026-07-19 00:17:08	LOW	2
2026-07-18 00:14:48	LOW	2
2026-07-17 00:06:16	LOW	2
2026-07-16 00:05:41	LOW	2
2026-07-15 00:09:25	LOW	2