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A Feasible No-Root Approach on Android
Information Security and Privacy: Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP): Melbourne, Australia, July 4-6, 2016
  • Yao CHENG, Singapore Management University
  • Yingjiu LI, Singapore Management University
  • Robert H. DENG, Singapore Management University
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
7-2016
Abstract

Root is the administrative privilege on Android, which is however inaccessible on stock Android devices. Due to the desire for privileged functionalities and the reluctance of rooting their devices, Android users seek for no-root approaches, which provide users with part of root privileges without rooting their devices. In this paper, we newly discover a feasible no-root approach based on the ADB loopback. To ensure such no-root approach is not misused proactively, we examine its dark side, including privacy leakage via logs and user input inference. Finally, we discuss the solutions and suggestions from different perspectives.

Keywords
  • Android,
  • root,
  • no-root approach,
  • permission explosion,
  • Android Debug Bridge (ADB),
  • exploits analysis
ISBN
9783319403663
Identifier
10.1007/978-3-319-40367-0_32
Publisher
Springer
City or Country
Cham
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International
Additional URL
http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40367-0_32
Citation Information
Yao CHENG, Yingjiu LI and Robert H. DENG. "A Feasible No-Root Approach on Android" Information Security and Privacy: Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP): Melbourne, Australia, July 4-6, 2016 Vol. 9723 (2016) p. 481 - 489
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert-deng/105/