Exploiting android system services through bypassing service helpers

• Main Authors: GU, Yachong, CHENG, Yao, YING, Lingyun, LU, Yemian, LI, Qi, SU, Purui
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Android; Service helpers; System services; Vulnerabilities; Databases and Information Systems; Software Engineering; Systems Architecture
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3809; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4811/viewcontent/101007_978_3_319_59608_2_3.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Android allows applications to communicate with system service via system service helper so that applications can use various functions wrapped in the system services. Meanwhile, system services leverage the service helpers to enforce security mechanisms, e.g. input parameter validation, to protect...