/manifest-explorer

A tool for viewing Android application Manifests.

Primary LanguageJavaGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

Manifest Explorer

This tool helps to view Android Manifests (the AndroidManifest.xml file). These manifests are part of every application users install, and part of the build of the Android platform itself. The Android Manifest is a crucial policy files that defines things like:

  • what permissions are available to applications
  • which applications can get those permissions
  • what the cross privilege barrier callable surface of a program is
  • permissions required for those calls
  • the user applications run as
  • the process components run in

Jesse Burns iSEC Partners, Inc. https://www.isecpartners.com

Android related questions reach me directly at: AndroidSecurityPaper@isecpartners.com