Static Detection of Filesystem Vulnerabilities in Android Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11279v1
• Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 23:10:52 GMT
• Title: Static Detection of Filesystem Vulnerabilities in Android Systems
• Authors: Yu-Tsung Lee, Hayawardh Vijayakumar, Zhiyun Qian, Trent Jaeger,
• Abstract summary: We present PathSentinel, which overcomes the limitations of previous techniques by combining static program analysis and access control policy analysis. By unifying program and access control policy analysis, PathSentinel identifies attack surfaces accurately and prunes many impractical attacks. To streamline vulnerability validation, PathSentinel leverages large language models (LLMs) to generate targeted exploit code.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Filesystem vulnerabilities persist as a significant threat to Android systems, despite various proposed defenses and testing techniques. The complexity of program behaviors and access control mechanisms in Android systems makes it challenging to effectively identify these vulnerabilities. In this paper, we present PathSentinel, which overcomes the limitations of previous techniques by combining static program analysis and access control policy analysis to detect three types of filesystem vulnerabilities: path traversals, hijacking vulnerabilities, and luring vulnerabilities. By unifying program and access control policy analysis, PathSentinel identifies attack surfaces accurately and prunes many impractical attacks to generate input payloads for vulnerability testing. To streamline vulnerability validation, PathSentinel leverages large language models (LLMs) to generate targeted exploit code based on the identified vulnerabilities and generated input payloads. The LLMs serve as a tool to reduce the engineering effort required for writing test applications, demonstrating the potential of combining static analysis with LLMs to enhance the efficiency of exploit generation and vulnerability validation. Evaluation on Android 12 and 14 systems from Samsung and OnePlus demonstrates PathSentinel's effectiveness, uncovering 51 previously unknown vulnerabilities among 217 apps with only 2 false positives. These results underscore the importance of combining program and access control policy analysis for accurate vulnerability detection and highlight the promising direction of integrating LLMs for automated exploit generation, providing a comprehensive approach to enhancing the security of Android systems against filesystem vulnerabilities.

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