Debugging enabled in production - APK

Description

The system has debugging enabled in the production environment, which can cause technical information leaks when an error occurs.

Impact

Get technical or sensitive information.

Recommendation

Configure the attribute: application.android:debuggable to false in the file: AndroidManifest.xml.

Threat

Unauthorized attacker from Internet network.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: L
• Attack complexity: H
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: N
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: L
• Integrity: N
• Availability: N

Temporal

• Exploit code madurity: X
• Remediation level: O
• Report confidence: X

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:X
• Score:
  • Base: 2.9
  • Temporal: 2.8
• Severity:
  • Base: Low
  • Temporal: Low

Compliant code

The application does not enable debugging in a production environment

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:sharedUserId="android.uid.system" android:versionCode="4" android:versionName="1.0" package="com.android.zerosms">
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS"/>
  <application android:debuggable="false" android:label="@7F040001" android:icon="@7F020002">
  </application>
</manifest>

Non compliant code

The application has debugging enabled on the AndroidManifest

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:sharedUserId="android.uid.system" android:versionCode="4" android:versionName="1.0" package="com.android.zerosms">
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS"/>
  <application android:debuggable="true" android:label="@7F040001" android:icon="@7F020002">
  </application>
</manifest>

Requirements

• 077.Avoid disclosing technical information
• 078.Disable debugging events

Fixes

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