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Command Injection

Command Injection

Description

Command injection is an attack in which the goal is execution of arbitrary commands on the Android operating system via a vulnerable application. Command injection attacks are possible when an application passes unsafe user supplied data ( forms, cookies, HTTP headers etc.) to the system shell. In this attack, the attacker-supplied operating system commands are usually executed with the privileges of the vulnerable application. Command injection attacks are possible largely due to insufficient input validation.

Recommendation

The application should allow the users to use either the Wi-Fi or a mobile network connection. A common strategy for apps is to only fetch large data if a Wi-Fi network is available.

Standards

  • OWASP_MASVS_L1:
    • MSTG_PLATFORM_2
  • OWASP_MASVS_L2:
    • MSTG_PLATFORM_2