Role Behavior Detection Method of Privilege Escalation Attacks for Android Applications
Hui Li · International Journal of Performability Engineering · 2019
For privilege escalation attacks in the Android system, the detection method of role behavior was proposed based on component features and process algebra.The classification of roles was constructed from the analysis of the privilege escalation attack model.Feature extraction from components includes component permissions, component communication, API calls, and sensitive data flow.Process algebra was used to construct modes of role behavior, and roles of applications were identified through equivalence relation.Finally, the dangerous path was detected in multi-applications, and then applications constituting to privilege escalation attacks were ascertained.The experiment showed that the proposed method can effectively detect privilege escalation attacks, the potential safe hazards in applications were pointed out, and the role of applications was identified.