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Android Bad Practices: normal Permission

Java/JSP

Abstract

The program declares a permission with the normal protection level.

Explanation

When declaring a custom permission, there are four options for specifying permission's protection level: normal, dangerous, signature, and signature or system. Normal permissions are granted to any application that requests them. Dangerous permissions are granted only after user confirmation. Signature permissions are granted only to applications signed by the same developer key as the package that defines the permission. Signature or system permissions are similar to signature permissions, but are also granted to packages in the Android system image.

Example 1: The following is an example of a custom permission declared with the normal protection level.

 <permission android:name="custom.PERMISSION"
                     android:label="@string/label_permission"
                     android:description="@string/desc_permission"
                     android:protectionLevel="normal">
      </permission>

References

[1] Permission Element

[2] Security guidelines - Permissions

[3] Jesse Burns Developing Secure Mobile Applications for Android

[4] William Enck, Machigar Ongtang, and Patrick McDaniel Understanding Android Security

[5] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration CWE ID 265

[6] Standards Mapping - DISA Control Correlation Identifier Version 2 CCI-000213, CCI-002165

[7] Standards Mapping - FIPS200 AC

[8] Standards Mapping - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Indirect Access to Sensitive Data

[9] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 AC-3 Access Enforcement (P1)

[10] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5 AC-3 Access Enforcement

[11] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2014 M5 Poor Authorization and Authentication

[12] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2024 M8 Security Misconfiguration

[13] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard 2.0 MASVS-AUTH-1

[14] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2004 A2 Broken Access Control

[15] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2010 A6 Security Misconfiguration

[16] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2013 A5 Security Misconfiguration

[17] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2017 A6 Security Misconfiguration

[18] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2021 A05 Security Misconfiguration

[19] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.1 Requirement 6.5.10

[20] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.2 Requirement 7.1.1

[21] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.0 Requirement 7.1.2

[22] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.1 Requirement 7.1.2

[23] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2 Requirement 7.1.2

[24] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2.1 Requirement 7.1.2

[25] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0 Requirement 7.2.2

[26] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0.1 Requirement 7.2.2

[27] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.0 Control Objective 5.4 - Authentication and Access Control

[28] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.1 Control Objective 5.4 - Authentication and Access Control

[29] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.2 Control Objective 5.4 - Authentication and Access Control

[30] Standards Mapping - SANS Top 25 2009 Porous Defenses - CWE ID 285

[31] Standards Mapping - SANS Top 25 2010 Porous Defenses - CWE ID 285

[32] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.2 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[33] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.3 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[34] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.4 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[35] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.5 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[36] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.6 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[37] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.7 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[38] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.8 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[39] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.9 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[40] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.10 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[41] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.11 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[42] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.1 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[43] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.1 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[44] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.2 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[45] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.3 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[46] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 6.1 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II

[47] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium Version 2.00 Application Misconfiguration (WASC-15)

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