As Dianne already guessed, my intentions are "semi-misguided". I am a
researcher in the field of mobile malware, which is why I asked (and
nope, this ain't my real name ;) ). Just to be sure I wanted some
confirmation for my guesses.
If all goes well, the result of my current work will be some cha
On 25 Jun., 02:26, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
> Why do you care if there is a tag?
Because I figured that is what controls which Permissions can be used
by apps. At least for apps stored in "user space" (/data/app/) this
seems to be true. As stated here, you can revoke permissions granted
at instal
I am not sure if it's a standard Android component, and indeed I guess
it's not. Still, the possibility exists. However, other system apps
show the same behavior regarding their packages.xml entries.
Anyway, here's the whole block:
I would guess that a file manager would typically a
Hey everyone,
I checked back all the details you gave me. However, my findings are
still not satisfactory.
The shared UID bit turned out to be true - for some of the packages
stored in /system/app/, but unfortunately not for all. System apps
with a shared user ID usually get their permissions def
> > Nonetheless, I am still wondering: Does that mean that an app stored
> > as APK in /system/app/ can use any permission which is <=
> > "signatureOrSystem"?
>
> Well, sure, if they request it, just like any other SDK app.
I am not quite sure what you mean by "request it". As far as I know,
there
Thanks for your quick reply, Mark.
Nonetheless, I am still wondering: Does that mean that an app stored
as APK in /system/app/ can use any permission which is <=
"signatureOrSystem"? Or can only permissions == "signatureOrSystem" be
made use of? (the latter is definitely not the case, see below)
Hi everyone,
after doing a bit of research I've gotten very curious:
Where are the permissions stored which were granted to apps installed
in /system/app?
I checked out my phone's packages.xml file (located in /data/system/
packages.xml). "User apps" stored in /data/app/ have , but none
of the AP
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