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

⌚ 15 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 maturity: 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

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

• Attack vector: L
• Attack complexity: H
• Attack Requirements: N
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: N
• Confidentiality (VC): L
• Integrity (VI): N
• Availability (VA): N
• Confidentiality (SC): N
• Integrity (SI): N
• Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

• Exploit maturity: X

Result 4.0

• Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
• Score:
• CVSS-BT: 2.1
• Severity:
• CVSS-BT: 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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