Remote code execution on Android

Mgr. Mayank Samadhiya

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

Android is an open-source platform which is widely used in smart phones, tablets and other low power applications. The security of Android has become very crucial with high increase in usage. The number of attacks on Android and their sophistication has increased exponentially in past few years. This work explores the security mechanism deployed by Android developers to protect their users along with few of the vulnerabilities reported recently. Further five well known vulnerabilities are chosen and are executed on vulnerable versions and patched versions on emulators and different hardware platforms.

Keywords

Android, Exploit, Integer Overflow, Integer Underflow, Libstagefright, Patch, Privilege Escalation, Remote Code Execution, Vulnerability, WebView.

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 14. 12. 2017

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 2. 2. 2018
• Vedoucí: RNDr. Martin Stehlík, Ph.D.
• Oponent: RNDr. Andrij Stecko, Ph.D.

Masarykova univerzita

Fakulta informatiky

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Informatika / Bezpečnost informačních technologií (angl.)