Security controls bypass or absence - Tampering Protection

Description

The application has no control to ensure that a third party has not modified and recompiled the application, allowing to modify and evade validations such as the detection of a root user on the device.

Impact

Elude application validations.

Recommendation

Perform validations on the server during the entire application process.

Threat

Authorized attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 450 minutes.

Score

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

Base

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

Temporal

Exploit code maturity: X
Remediation level: X
Report confidence: X

Result

Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
Score:

Base: 2.1
Temporal: 2.1

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: N
Attack complexity: L
Attack Requirements: N
Privileges required: L
User interaction: N
Confidentiality (VC): N
Integrity (VI): L
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:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
Score:

CVSS-BT: 5.3

Severity:

CVSS-BT: Medium

Details

https://mobile-security.gitbook.io/mobile-security-testing-guide/android-testing-guide/0x05j-testing-resiliency-against-reverse-engineering#owasp-masvs

Requirements

Fixes

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