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Android Pentesting Command

Cheatsheet
Useful tools
Android SDK
Android Studio
GenyMotion emulator
BusyBox
apktool
dex2jar
enjarify
jd-gui
MWR’s Drozer testing framework
Fino

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 Useful Linux le paths
android/adt-bundle-linux-ver-number/sdk/platform-tools : adb tool
android/adt-bundle-linux-ver-number/sdk/tools : emulator, android tools
~/.android/avd/<emulator-device-name>.avd/ : emulator con g les

Useful Windows le paths

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk

Useful Android paths

/data/app : location of app on android device
/data/data/[packagename]/* : app data les
/data/Dalvik-cache : Classes.dex for all installed apps

Useful con guration settings

Enable hardware keyboard in emulator:
Add: hw.keyboard=yes to the con g le:
~/.android/avd/<emulator-device-name>.avd/config.ini

Install test environment

Install Android SDR only
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platforms.html
OR
Install Android Studio

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 https://developer.android.com
OR
Install GenyMotion
https://www.genymotion.com

Install APIs
$ android
and choose API version to install with gui

List available Android targets

$ android list targets

Create an Android image for a target

$ android create avd -n test -t 3
$ android create avd -n test -t 3 –abi default/x86

Start emulator
Start the emulator for the created image @test:
emulator @test
$ adb shell

Install BusyBox
$ adb push busybox /data/local

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 $ adb shell
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# mkdir /system/xbin
# cat /data/local/busybox > /system/xbin/busybox
# chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox
# busybox --install /system/xbin
# mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# sync
# reboot

Install Burp cert on emulator

Create an sdcard for the emulator:
$ mksdcard -l pisd 1G /tmp/sdcard

Launch emulator with -sdcard option:

$ emulator-x86 -sdcard /tmp/sdcard -avd test -qemu -m 1024 -enable-kvm -http-proxy
"http://192.168.1.2:8080"

Get Portswigger cert from visiting a page in browser, export and save as Portswigger.crt
Note: must have .crt extension for android to recognise it on sdcard

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 Copy the cert onto the device:
$ adb push Portswigger.crt /mnt/sdcard
Next, go to “Settings” and install from sdcard

Installing Drozer
Install drozer app on test device and run it.
From your laptop, connect to the app:
$ adb forward tcp:31415 tcp:31415
$ drozer console connect
$ drozer console --server 10.0.2.15:31415 connect

Copy an APK o device

Installed APKs are located in /data/app on the device
$ adb pull /data/app/AppName-1.apk .

Extracting Java code from an APK

Extract the APK using APKTool. Run: apktool d AppName.apk
Extract the classes.dex le found in the APK le. Run: jar xvf classes.dex
Extract the classes from classes.dex le. Run: dex2jar classes.dex
Extract the classes.dex.dex2jar.jar. Run: jar xvf classes.dex.dex2jar.jar
Browse Java code: Open the extracted jar le in jd-gui

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 Check the manifest le
First, unpack the apk using unzip
$ unzip AppName.apk
$ axmlprinter AndroidManifest.xml

Check package information

Using Drozer:
dz> run app.package.list
dz> run app.package.attacksurface com.targetpackage
dz> run app.provider.info -a com.targetpackage

Check for the debug ag

Using Drozer:
dz> run app.package.debuggable
OR
Check manifest le.

Check for SQL injection

Using Drozer:
dz> run scanner.provider.injection -a com.targetpackage

Check for path traversal

Using Drozer:

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 dz> run scanner.provider.traversal -a com.targetpackage

Check the Content Providers

Content providers provide access to structured data.
Can be a ected by: SQLi, directory traversal

Useful Drozer commands for working with content providers:

dz> run app.provider.info -a com.targetpackage
dz> run app.provider.finduri com.targetpackage
dz> run scanner.provider.finduris -a com.targetpackage
dz> run scanner.provider.traversal -a com.targetpackage
dz> run scanner.provider.injection -a com.targetpackage
dz> run app.provider.query content://com.targetpackage...
dz> run app.provider.query content://com.targetpackage... --vertical --selection "'"
dz> run app.provider.query content://com.targetpackage... --projection "* FROM
SQLITE_MASTER WHERE type='table';--"
dz> run app.provider.query content://com.targetpackage... --projection "* FROM Key;--
"
dz> run app.provider.read content://com.targetpackage...
dz> run app.provider.read content://com.targetpackage../etc/hosts
dz> run app.provider.download
content://com.targetpackage../data/data/com.targetpackage]/databases/database.db

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 Check the Activities
Activities provide user facing components.
Can be a ected by UI redressing attacks e.g. tap jacking etc

Useful Drozer commands for working with activities:

dz> run app.activity.info -a com.targetpackage
dz> run app.activity.start --component com.targetpackage
com.targetpackage.ActivityName

Check the Services

Useful Drozer commands for working with services:
dz> run app.service.info -a com.targetpackage
dz> run app.service.send com.targetpackage com.targetpackage.ServiceName

Check the Intents

Intents can be implicit or explicit.
Check Manifest le for public intents, e.g.
<receiver android:name="my.special.receiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="my.intent.action" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>

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 Instead, intents should use the exported ag or made private e.g.
<receiver android:name="my.special.receiver"
android:exported=false>
...
</receiver>
OR
<receiver android:name="my.special.receiver"
android:exported=false>
android:permission="my.own.permission"
...
</receiver>

Check the Broadcast Receivers

Broadcast receivers handle implicit intent messages or system wide events

Useful Drozer commands for working with broadcast receivers:

dz> run app.broadcast.info -a com.PackageName.AppName
dz> run app.broadcast.send --action [name of action from manifest file] --component
com.PackageName.AppName com.PackageName.AppName.push.GCMPushReceiver
dz> run app.broadcast.send --action [name of action from manifest file] --component
com.PackageName.AppName.push.GCMPushReceiver --extra string paramName paramValue --
extra sting paramName2 paramValue2

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 Check for Sticky broadcasts
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY"/>

Check the les stored on the device

Grep for:
http, https, ://, user, pass, hmac, login

Check for insecure data storage on the device

Perform a search for les relating to package name:
root@android:/ # find / -name com.PackageName -print

Check the SD Card:

/mnt/sdcard
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.PackageName

Check the data directory:

/data/data/com.PackageName

Check the database les on the device:

sqlite> select * from StoredProperties;
429482317|OPEN_SESAME|pTpkKAqfa9ly2oLqmivPIMKZDhTVlPOMLC9Ogi3c8Z0fkXL+H8u66ytJ0aFh+QY4
N4rX9Iq5qVuKnCon0a+lirekLJD3/6uoh/e5vaNptxI=

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 Save the database les o the device:
/data/data/packagename
cp name.db /mnt/sdcard
$ adb pull /mnt/sdcard/name.db . (otherwise won’t have perms to copy)

Check the log les:

logcat -b events
/data/anr
/data/dontpanic
/data/tombstones
dmesg

Check the device memory

Check memory stats:
$ adb shell dumpsys meminfo > mem.txt
$ adb shell dumpsys meminfo 'com.PackageName'

Dump the memory:

$ adb shell dumpsys > mem.txt
$ adb shell dumpstate > mem.txt (can show params passed to intents etc.)

Checking memory and logcat together:

$ adb shell bugreport > bugreport.txt

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 Check for bad code patterns
http://domain.com/api/save.php?t=" + paramString1 + "&u=" + paramString2);
re ection
etc.

Check for WebViews

Search the decompiled folder for:

addJavascriptInterface
grep -r -n -i --include=*.java addJavascriptInterface *
grep -r -i --include=*.java \@JavascriptInterface *

shouldOverrideUrlLoading
grep -r -n -i --include=*.java shouldOverrideUrlLoading *

Use Drozer module:

run ex.scanner.jsifenum -a com.targetpackage

Check the transport security

Use the emulator to dump tra c to a pcap le with the option:
-tcpdump

Use the emulator to proxy tra c with the option:

-http-proxy

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