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DVHMA

Damn Vulnerable Hybrid Mobile App (DVHMA) is an hybrid mobile app (for Android) that intentionally contains vulnerabilities.

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DVHMA

Damn Vulnerable Hybrid Mobile App (DVHMA) is an hybrid mobile app (for Android) that intentionally contains vulnerabilities. Its purpose is to enable security professionals to test their tools and techniques legally, help developers better understand the common pitfalls in developing hybrid mobile apps securely.

Motivation and Scope

This app is developed to study pitfalls in developing hybrid apps, e.g., using Apache Cordova or SAP Kapsel, securely. Currently, the main focus is to develop a deeper understanding of injection vulnerabilities that exploit the JavaScript to Java bridge.

Installation

Prerequisites

We assume that the

  • Android SDK (https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) and
  • Apache Cordova (https://cordova.apache.org/), version 8.0.0 (later versions might work)

Moreover, we assume a basic familiarity with the build system of Apache Cordova.

Building DVHMA

Setting Environment Variables

root@kitploit:~
export ANDROID_HOME=<Android SDK Installation Directory>
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH

Compiling DVHMA

root@kitploit:~
cd DVHMA-Featherweight
cordova plugin add ../plugins/DVHMA-Storage
cordova plugin add ../plugins/DVHMA-WebIntent 
cordova platform add android
cordova compile android

Running DVHMA in an Emulator

root@kitploit:~
cordova run android 

Team Members

The development of this application started as part of the project ZertApps. ZertApps was a collaborative research project funded by the German Ministry for Research and Education. It is now developed and maintained by the Software Assurance & Security Research Team at The University of Sheffield, UK.

The core developers of DVHMA are:

  • Achim D. Brucker
  • Michael Herzberg

License

This project is under the Apache 2.0 License.

SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

Master Repository

The master git repository for this project is hosted by the Software Assurance & Security Research Team at https://git.logicalhacking.com/DASCA/DVHMA/.

Publications

  • Achim D. Brucker and Michael Herzberg. On the Static Analysis of Hybrid Mobile Apps: A Report on the State of Apache Cordova Nation. In International Symposium on Engineering Secure Software and Systems (ESSoS). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (9639), pages 72-88, Springer-Verlag, 2016. https://www.brucker.ch/bibliography/abstract/brucker.ea-cordova-security-2016 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-30806-7_5
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