Research Article
Enhancing Android Security Through App Splitting
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-78813-5_2, author={Drew Davidson and Vaibhav Rastogi and Mihai Christodorescu and Somesh Jha}, title={Enhancing Android Security Through App Splitting}, proceedings={Security and Privacy in Communication Networks. 13th International Conference, SecureComm 2017, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, October 22--25, 2017, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={SECURECOMM}, year={2018}, month={4}, keywords={Security Android Privilege separation Permissions}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-78813-5_2} }- Drew Davidson
Vaibhav Rastogi
Mihai Christodorescu
Somesh Jha
Year: 2018
Enhancing Android Security Through App Splitting
SECURECOMM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78813-5_2
Abstract
The Android operating system provides a rich security model that specifies over 100 distinct permissions. Before performing a sensitive operation, an app must obtain the corresponding permission through a request to the user. Unfortunately, an app is treated as an opaque, monolithic security principal, which is granted or denied permission as a whole. This blunts the effectiveness of the permissions model. Even the recent enhancements in Android do not account for the interactions between multiple permissions or for multiple uses of a single permission for disparate functionality.
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