MobSleuth 📲

Scripts to set up your own mobile 📱 app hacking lab (currently focusing on Android)

Includes the following tools:

Tool Name	Type	Description
MobSF	FOSS	Mobile Security Framework is an open-source, automated mobile app security testing tool.
reDroid	FOSS	Remote anDroid solution for emulating an Android device in a container.
Scrcpy	FOSS	A free and open-source tool that allows you to mirror and control your Android device from your computer via ADB.
Frida	FOSS	Dynamic instrumentation toolkit for developers, reverse-engineers, and security researchers.
Jadx	FOSS	Dex to Java decompiler.
Objection	FOSS	Runtime Mobile Exploration.
Pidcat	FOSS	Colored logcat script which only shows log entries for a specific application package.
APKiD	FOSS	Android Application Identifier for Packers, Protectors, Obfuscators and Oddities - PEiD for Android.
ApkTool	FOSS	A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files.
BurpSuite CE	proprietary	Powerful web application security testing platform with interception, scanning, fuzzing, and more.

What you get:

• A complete setup of tools to start hacking Android apps.
• A dockerized environment to run Android apps in a container.
• One-command root access to the Android container.
• BurpSuite running on the host machine to intercept and modify traffic.
• Mobsf with dynamic analysis capabilities connected to Android container.
• ADB server running on port 5555 to connect to the Android container.
• Scrcpy to mirror and control the Android container.
• Scripts to generate a CA certificate and install them on the Android container.
• Scripts to install and run Frida on the Android container.

Setup a VM - Lubuntu-22.04

• Download Lubuntu or any Ubuntu based distro.
• Use Lubuntu Installation Guide to install a VM in Virtualbox.
• Make sure you configure sufficient resources for lab to run smoothly.
  • Minimum 25GB of virtual disk space.
  • Minimum 8GB RAM allocated.
  • Mininum 4 Cores allocated.

Install

Note

Below scripts might require sudo access to install certain packages and dependencies. Review the scripts before running them.

wget -qO - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adityatelange/MobSleuth/main/install.sh | bash

Tools can be installed one by one.

cd $HOME/MobSleuth/src
bash install/common_deps.sh
bash install/docker.sh

Logout and login again to apply group changes as we have added user to docker group.

Continue installing rest of the components.

cd $HOME/MobSleuth/src
bash install/redroid.sh
bash install/mobsf.sh
bash install/scrcpy.sh
bash install/frida.sh
bash install/jadx.sh
bash install/burpsuite.sh
bash install/objection.sh
bash install/pidcat.sh

After Installation

All the tools are installed in the ~/MobSleuth directory.

• ~/MobSleuth/src - contains the installation scripts. You may update MobSleuth using git pull in this directory.
• ~/MobSleuth/installers - contains the downloaded installers.
• ~/MobSleuth/data11_vol - contains the data directory for the reDroid container for persistence.
• ~/MobSleuth/mobsf_vol - contains the data directory for the MobSF container for persistence.
• ~/MobSleuth/tools - contains the tools installed.
• ~/MobSleuth/certs - contains the generated CA certificate and private key.

Usage

Start the containers

cd $HOME/MobSleuth
bash run/run_mobsleuth_services.sh

This will start the following services:

• reDroid - Android container accessible on port 5555
• MobSF - Mobile Security Framework accessible on port 8000

Generate CA certificate

cd $HOME/MobSleuth
bash scripts/generate_cert.sh

Install CA certificate on the Android container

Make sure the Android container is running.

cd $HOME/MobSleuth
bash scripts/push_cert.sh

Import CA certificate in BurpSuite

• Open BurpSuite and go to Proxy > Proxy Settings
• Select an Interface and click on Edit.
• Click on Import / export CA Certificate.
• Select Certificate and private key in DER format and click Next.
• In CA Certificate, select ~/MobSleuth/cert/certificate.der and in Private key, select ~/MobSleuth/cert/certificate_private_key.der.
• Click Next and OK.

Set/Unset BurpSuite Proxy in the Android container

cd $HOME/MobSleuth
bash run/set_proxy.sh

Unset using:

cd $HOME/MobSleuth
bash run/unset_proxy.sh

Access MobSF

Open your browser and go to http://localhost:8000.

Access reDroid

Connect to the Android container using scrcpy or adb.

Mirror Screen using scrcpy:

scrcpy

Connect using adb:

adb connect localhost:5555

ADB shell:

adb shell

Rooting the Android container

Make sure the Android container is running. Then run the following command.

adb root

Using Frida

Push frida-server and run it on the Android container.

cd $HOME/MobSleuth
bash scripts/push_fridaserver.sh
bash scripts/run_fridaserver.sh

Now we can use frida to interact with the Android container.

frida-ps -U

Access jadx/objection/pidcat

These tools can directly accessed using the terminal.

jadx

objection

pidcat

Uninstall

This will remove all the tools and the containers. Be careful before running this command.

sudo rm -rf $HOME/MobSleuth

Setup Diagram

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flowchart
    subgraph MobSleuth
        subgraph Docker Services
            subgraph reDroid
                redroid5555["ADB server listener :5555"]
                redroid27042["frida-server"]
                redroidvol["/data"]
                redroidsserv["scrcpy-server"]
                redroid5555 <---> redroidsserv
                redroid5555 <---> redroid27042
            end

            subgraph MobSF
                mobsf8000["WebApp listener :8000"]
                mobsfvol["/home/mobsf/.MobSF"]
                DA["Dynamic Analyzer"] --> |"via MOBSF_ANALYZER_IDENTIFIER"| redroid5555
            end
        end

        subgraph "Host"
            subgraph "local directories"
                mobsfdir["~/mobsf"] <--> mobsfvol
                redroiddir["~/data11"] <--> redroidvol
            end

            subgraph listener ports
                lp5555[":5555"] <==> |"5555:5555"| redroid5555
                lp8000[":8000"] <==> |"8000:8000"| mobsf8000
            end
        end

        subgraph Tools
            subgraph ADB
                adbd["daemon :5037"] <---> |"shell"| lp5555
            end

            subgraph scrcpy
                scr["via ADB"] <---> lp5555
            end

            subgraph BurpSuite
                burp["Proxy listener :8080"] <-.-> |"proxied traffic"| reDroid
            end

            subgraph Frida
                frida["frida-tools"] <---> lp5555
            end

            subgraph pidcat
                pid["via ADB"] <---> lp5555
            end

            subgraph objection
                obj["via ADB"] <---> lp5555
            end

            subgraph jadx
            end
        end
    end