Android APK Checklist
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- Check for the use of obfuscation, checks for noting if the mobile was rooted, if an emulator is being used and anti-tampering checks. Read this for more info.
- Sensitive applications (like bank apps) should check if the mobile is rooted and should actuate in consequence.
- Search for interesting strings (passwords, URLs, API, encryption, backdoors, tokens, Bluetooth uuids...).
- Check if the application is in debug mode and try to "exploit" it
- Check if the APK allows backups
- Exported Activities
- Content Providers
- Exposed services
- Broadcast Receivers
- URL Schemes
- All the libraries compiled using the PIE flag?
- Don't forget that there is a bunch of static Android Analyzers that can help you a lot during this phase.
- Is the application transmitting information in clear text/using weak algorithms? is a MitM possible?
- This one is really important, because if you can capture the HTTP traffic you can search for common Web vulnerabilities (Hacktricks has a lot of information about Web vulns).
- Check for possible Android Client Side Injections (probably some static code analysis will help here)
- Frida: Just Frida, use it to obtain interesting dynamic data from the application (maybe some passwords...)
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