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APKs to test

Installation

Install Drozer Client inside your host. Download it from the latest releases.
pip install drozer-2.4.4-py2-none-any.whl
pip install twisted
pip install service_identity
Download and install drozer APK from the latest releases. At this moment it is this.
adb install drozer.apk

Starting the Server

Agent is running on port 31415, we need to port forward to establish the communication between the Drozer Client and Agent, here is the command to do so:
adb forward tcp:31415 tcp:31415
Finally, launch the application and press the bottom "ON"
And connect to it:
drozer console connect

Interesting Commands

Commands
Description
Help MODULE
Shows help of the selected module
list
Shows a list of all drozer modules that can be executed in the current session. This hides modules that you don’t have appropriate permissions to run.
shell
Start an interactive Linux shell on the device, in the context of the Agent.
clean
Remove temporary files stored by drozer on the Android device.
load
Load a file containing drozer commands and execute them in sequence.
module
Find and install additional drozer modules from the Internet.
unset
Remove a named variable that drozer passes to any Linux shells that it spawns.
set
Stores a value in a variable that will be passed as an environmental variable to any Linux shells spawned by drozer.
shell
Start an interactive Linux shell on the device, in the context of the Agent
run MODULE
Execute a drozer module
exploit
Drozer can create exploits to execute in the decide. drozer exploit list
payload
The exploits need a payload. drozer payload list

Package

Find the name of the package filtering by part of the name:
dz> run app.package.list -f sieve
com.mwr.example.sieve
Basic Information of the package:
dz> run app.package.info -a com.mwr.example.sieve
Package: com.mwr.example.sieve
Process Name: com.mwr.example.sieve
Version: 1.0
Data Directory: /data/data/com.mwr.example.sieve
APK Path: /data/app/com.mwr.example.sieve-2.apk
UID: 10056
GID: [1028, 1015, 3003]
Shared Libraries: null
Shared User ID: null
Uses Permissions:
- android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- android.permission.INTERNET
Defines Permissions:
- com.mwr.example.sieve.READ_KEYS
- com.mwr.example.sieve.WRITE_KEYS
Read Manifest:
run app.package.manifest jakhar.aseem.diva
Attack surface of the package:
dz> run app.package.attacksurface com.mwr.example.sieve
Attack Surface:
3 activities exported
0 broadcast receivers exported
2 content providers exported
2 services exported
is debuggable
  • Activities: Maybe you can start an activity and bypass some kind of authorization that should be prevent you from launching it.
  • Content providers: Maybe you can access private data or exploit some vulnerability (SQL Injection or Path Traversal).
  • Services:
  • is debuggable: Learn more

Activities

An exported activity component’s “android:exported” value is set to “true” in the AndroidManifest.xml file:
<activity android:name="com.my.app.Initial" android:exported="true">
</activity>
List exported activities:
dz> run app.activity.info -a com.mwr.example.sieve
Package: com.mwr.example.sieve
com.mwr.example.sieve.FileSelectActivity
com.mwr.example.sieve.MainLoginActivity
com.mwr.example.sieve.PWList
Start activity:
Maybe you can start an activity and bypass some kind of authorization that should be prevent you from launching it.
dz> run app.activity.start --component com.mwr.example.sieve com.mwr.example.sieve.PWList
You can also start an exported activity from adb:
  • PackageName is com.example.demo
  • Exported ActivityName is com.example.test.MainActivity
adb shell am start -n com.example.demo/com.example.test.MainActivity

Content Providers

This post was so big to be here so you can access it in its own page here.

Services

A exported service is declared inside the Manifest.xml:
<service android:name=".AuthService" android:exported="true" android:process=":remote"/>
Inside the code check for the **handleMessage**function which will receive the message:

List service

dz> run app.service.info -a com.mwr.example.sieve
Package: com.mwr.example.sieve
com.mwr.example.sieve.AuthService
Permission: null
com.mwr.example.sieve.CryptoService
Permission: null

Interact with a service

app.service.send Send a Message to a service, and display the reply
app.service.start Start Service
app.service.stop Stop Service

Example

Take a look to the drozer help for app.service.send:
Note that you will be sending first the data inside "msg.what", then "msg.arg1" and "msg.arg2", you should check inside the code which information is being used and where. Using the --extra option you can send something interpreted by "msg.replyTo", and using --bundle-as-obj you create and object with the provided details.
In the following example:
  • what == 2354
  • arg1 == 9234
  • arg2 == 1
  • replyTo == object(string com.mwr.example.sieve.PIN 1337)
run app.service.send com.mwr.example.sieve com.mwr.example.sieve.AuthService --msg 2354 9234 1 --extra string com.mwr.example.sieve.PIN 1337 --bundle-as-obj

Broadcast Receivers

Android apps can send or receive broadcast messages from the Android system and other Android apps, similar to the publish-subscribe design pattern. These broadcasts are sent when an event of interest occurs. For example, the Android system sends broadcasts when various system events occur, such as when the system boots up or the device starts charging. Apps can also send custom broadcasts, for example, to notify other apps of something that they might be interested in (for example, some new data has been downloaded).
Apps can register to receive specific broadcasts. When a broadcast is sent, the system automatically routes broadcasts to apps that have subscribed to receive that particular type of broadcast.
This could appear inside the Manifest.xml file:
<receiver android:name=".MyBroadcastReceiver" android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.INPUT_METHOD_CHANGED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
After discovering this Broadcast Receivers you should check the code of them. Pay special attention to the onReceive function as it will be handling the messages received.

Detect all broadcast receivers

run app.broadcast.info #Detects all

Check broadcast receivers of an app

#Check one negative
run app.broadcast.info -a jakhar.aseem.diva
Package: jakhar.aseem.diva
No matching receivers.
# Check one positive
run app.broadcast.info -a com.google.android.youtube
Package: com.google.android.youtube
com.google.android.libraries.youtube.player.PlayerUiModule$LegacyMediaButtonIntentReceiver
Permission: null
com.google.android.apps.youtube.app.common.notification.GcmBroadcastReceiver
Permission: com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND
com.google.android.apps.youtube.app.PackageReplacedReceiver
Permission: null
com.google.android.libraries.youtube.account.AccountsChangedReceiver
Permission: null
com.google.android.apps.youtube.app.application.system.LocaleUpdatedReceiver
Permission: null

Broadcast Interactions

app.broadcast.info Get information about broadcast receivers
app.broadcast.send Send broadcast using an intent
app.broadcast.sniff Register a broadcast receiver that can sniff particular intents

Send a message

In this example abusing the FourGoats apk Content Provider you can send an arbitrary SMS any non-premium destination without asking the user for permission.
If you read the code, the parameters "phoneNumber" and "message" must be sent to the Content Provider.
run app.broadcast.send --action org.owasp.goatdroid.fourgoats.SOCIAL_SMS --component org.owasp.goatdroid.fourgoats.broadcastreceivers SendSMSNowReceiver --extra string phoneNumber 123456789 --extra string message "Hello mate!"

Is debuggeable

A prodduction APK should never be debuggeable. This mean that you can attach java debugger to the running application, inspect it in run time, set breakpoints, go step by step, gather variable values and even change them. InfoSec institute has an excellent article on digging deeper when you application is debuggable and injecting runtime code.
When an application is debuggable, it will appear in the Manifest:
<application theme="@2131296387" debuggable="true"
You can find all debuggeable applications with Drozer:
run app.package.debuggable

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