[en] We present PCLeaks, a tool based on inter- component communication (ICC) vulnerabilities to perform data-flow analysis on Android applications to find potential component leaks (e.g., another component can potentially exploit the leak). To evaluate our approach, we run PCLeaks on 2000 apps, randomly selected from Google Play store. PCLeaks reports 986 potential component leaks in 185 apps. For each leak reported by PCLeaks, PCLeaksValidator automatically generates an Android app which tries to exploit the leak. By manually running a subset of the generated apps, we find that 75% of the reported leaks are exploitable leaks.
Centre de recherche :
SnT
Disciplines :
Sciences informatiques
Auteur, co-auteur :
LI, Li ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
BARTEL, Alexandre ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
KLEIN, Jacques ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC)
LE TRAON, Yves ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC)
Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
Automatically Exploiting Potential Component Leaks in Android Applications
