Drozer Tutorial
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APKs to test
Sieve (from mrwlabs)
Parts of this tutorial were extracted from the Drozer documentation pdf.
Installation
Install Drozer Client inside your host. Download it from the latest releases.
pip install drozer-2.4.4-py2-none-any.whl
pip install twisted
pip install service_identityDownload and install drozer APK from the latest releases. At this moment it is this.
adb install drozer.apkStarting the Server
Agent is running on port 31415, we need to port forward to establish the communication between the Drozer Client and Agent, here is the command to do so:
adb forward tcp:31415 tcp:31415Finally, launch the application and press the bottom "ON"

And connect to it:
drozer console connectInteresting Commands
Commands
Description
Help MODULE
Shows help of the selected module
list
Shows a list of all drozer modules that can be executed in the current session. This hides modules that you don’t have appropriate permissions to run.
shell
Start an interactive Linux shell on the device, in the context of the Agent.
clean
Remove temporary files stored by drozer on the Android device.
load
Load a file containing drozer commands and execute them in sequence.
module
Find and install additional drozer modules from the Internet.
unset
Remove a named variable that drozer passes to any Linux shells that it spawns.
set
Stores a value in a variable that will be passed as an environmental variable to any Linux shells spawned by drozer.
shell
Start an interactive Linux shell on the device, in the context of the Agent
run MODULE
Execute a drozer module
exploit
Drozer can create exploits to execute in the decide. drozer exploit list
payload
The exploits need a payload. drozer payload list
Package
Find the name of the package filtering by part of the name:
dz> run app.package.list -f sieve
com.mwr.example.sieveBasic Information of the package:
dz> run app.package.info -a com.mwr.example.sieve
Package: com.mwr.example.sieve
Process Name: com.mwr.example.sieve
Version: 1.0
Data Directory: /data/data/com.mwr.example.sieve
APK Path: /data/app/com.mwr.example.sieve-2.apk
UID: 10056
GID: [1028, 1015, 3003]
Shared Libraries: null
Shared User ID: null
Uses Permissions:
- android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- android.permission.INTERNET
Defines Permissions:
- com.mwr.example.sieve.READ_KEYS
- com.mwr.example.sieve.WRITE_KEYSRead Manifest:
run app.package.manifest jakhar.aseem.divaAttack surface of the package:
dz> run app.package.attacksurface com.mwr.example.sieve
Attack Surface:
3 activities exported
0 broadcast receivers exported
2 content providers exported
2 services exported
is debuggableActivities: Maybe you can start an activity and bypass some kind of authorization that should be prevent you from launching it.
Content providers: Maybe you can access private data or exploit some vulnerability (SQL Injection or Path Traversal).
Services:
is debuggable: Learn more
Activities
An exported activity component’s “android:exported” value is set to “true” in the AndroidManifest.xml file:
<activity android:name="com.my.app.Initial" android:exported="true">
</activity>List exported activities:
dz> run app.activity.info -a com.mwr.example.sieve
Package: com.mwr.example.sieve
com.mwr.example.sieve.FileSelectActivity
com.mwr.example.sieve.MainLoginActivity
com.mwr.example.sieve.PWListStart activity:
Maybe you can start an activity and bypass some kind of authorization that should be prevent you from launching it.
dz> run app.activity.start --component com.mwr.example.sieve com.mwr.example.sieve.PWListYou can also start an exported activity from adb:
PackageName is com.example.demo
Exported ActivityName is com.example.test.MainActivity
adb shell am start -n com.example.demo/com.example.test.MainActivityContent Providers
This post was so big to be here so you can access it in its own page here.
Services
A exported service is declared inside the Manifest.xml:
<service android:name=".AuthService" android:exported="true" android:process=":remote"/>Inside the code check for the **handleMessage**function which will receive the message:

List service
dz> run app.service.info -a com.mwr.example.sieve
Package: com.mwr.example.sieve
com.mwr.example.sieve.AuthService
Permission: null
com.mwr.example.sieve.CryptoService
Permission: nullInteract with a service
app.service.send Send a Message to a service, and display the reply
app.service.start Start Service
app.service.stop Stop ServiceExample
Take a look to the drozer help for app.service.send:

Note that you will be sending first the data inside "msg.what", then "msg.arg1" and "msg.arg2", you should check inside the code which information is being used and where.
Using the --extra option you can send something interpreted by "msg.replyTo", and using --bundle-as-obj you create and object with the provided details.
In the following example:
what == 2354arg1 == 9234arg2 == 1replyTo == object(string com.mwr.example.sieve.PIN 1337)
run app.service.send com.mwr.example.sieve com.mwr.example.sieve.AuthService --msg 2354 9234 1 --extra string com.mwr.example.sieve.PIN 1337 --bundle-as-obj
Broadcast Receivers
In the Android basic info section you can see what is a Broadcast Receiver.
After discovering this Broadcast Receivers you should check the code of them. Pay special attention to the onReceive function as it will be handling the messages received.
Detect all broadcast receivers
run app.broadcast.info #Detects allCheck broadcast receivers of an app
#Check one negative
run app.broadcast.info -a jakhar.aseem.diva
Package: jakhar.aseem.diva
No matching receivers.
# Check one positive
run app.broadcast.info -a com.google.android.youtube
Package: com.google.android.youtube
com.google.android.libraries.youtube.player.PlayerUiModule$LegacyMediaButtonIntentReceiver
Permission: null
com.google.android.apps.youtube.app.common.notification.GcmBroadcastReceiver
Permission: com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND
com.google.android.apps.youtube.app.PackageReplacedReceiver
Permission: null
com.google.android.libraries.youtube.account.AccountsChangedReceiver
Permission: null
com.google.android.apps.youtube.app.application.system.LocaleUpdatedReceiver
Permission: nullBroadcast Interactions
app.broadcast.info Get information about broadcast receivers
app.broadcast.send Send broadcast using an intent
app.broadcast.sniff Register a broadcast receiver that can sniff particular intentsSend a message
In this example abusing the FourGoats apk Content Provider you can send an arbitrary SMS any non-premium destination without asking the user for permission.


If you read the code, the parameters "phoneNumber" and "message" must be sent to the Content Provider.
run app.broadcast.send --action org.owasp.goatdroid.fourgoats.SOCIAL_SMS --component org.owasp.goatdroid.fourgoats.broadcastreceivers SendSMSNowReceiver --extra string phoneNumber 123456789 --extra string message "Hello mate!"Is debuggeable
A prodduction APK should never be debuggeable. This mean that you can attach java debugger to the running application, inspect it in run time, set breakpoints, go step by step, gather variable values and even change them. InfoSec institute has an excellent article on digging deeper when you application is debuggable and injecting runtime code.
When an application is debuggable, it will appear in the Manifest:
<application theme="@2131296387" debuggable="true"You can find all debuggeable applications with Drozer:
run app.package.debuggableTutorials
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