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ADB Backup Enabled

ID: adb-backup-enabled

Severity: low

Author: gaurang

Tags: android,file,adb

Description

Section titled “Description”

ADB Backup is enabled, which allows the backup and restore of an app’s private data.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: adb-backup-enabled


info:
  name: ADB Backup Enabled
  author: gaurang
  severity: low
  description: ADB Backup is enabled, which allows the backup and restore of an app's private data.
  remediation: Ensure proper access or disable completely.
  reference:
    - https://adb-backup.com/
  classification:
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  tags: android,file,adb


file:
  - extensions:
      - all
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "android:allowBackup=\"true\""
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100a9484460c27fff828435151cc04781a80e657a31895ba5fb6b3f5d5fb85fc603022100e203d7953ac7e51c789029da37ce267d360c24d1c1705543b15bb72142f0d237:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "file/android/adb-backup-enabled.yaml"

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