Permissions

So every app asks for permission and each permission is defined in the AndroidManifest.xml

Ex: If an app is asking for Read SMS then it would be defined something like: android.permission.READ_SMS

We can use drozer command to see such kind of permissions:

run app.package.info -a <package-name>

Also we can search application which is requesting particular permission:

run app.package.list -p android.permission.READ_SMS

Example:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" android:maxSdkVersion="18"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" android:maxSdkVersion="18"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>

This is from on android application.

• If android:exported is not defined then the version of SDK or the version of Android will determine whether it's true or false
• Any component using intent-filter is exported by default.