Automatic POC generation of Android app vulnerability

• Main Author: Leow, Dexter Ze Wei
• Other Authors: Liu Yang
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149039
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Mobile applications have played a huge part in our daily lives, providing convenience for the application users. However, these applications also brought significant risks to the users through the exploitation of various vulnerabilities. This report proposes a tool, AndroidXploit, that detects if certain vulnerabilities are present by reading the source code of the application. If such vulnerabilities are present, AndroidXploit will then automatically exploit these vulnerabilities. The source code is reversed engineered using Apktool, and the vulnerabilities are exploited using tools such as Android Debug Bridge and John the Ripper. AndroidXploit is tested on several popular applications and have successfully exploited some of the vulnerabilities present in these applications.