Security Workbook on Pentesting
Search…
Security Workbook on Pentesting
About us
References
Bug Bounty
Resources
Mindmaps
Tools Cheat Sheet
Burp Extensions For Bug Bounty & Pen-Testing
Tools Used For Android Testing
Frida
Mobile Security Framework ( Mobsf )
Bug Bounty & Pen-Test Templates
CTF's
Powered By GitBook
Frida
​
Frida is a free and open-source dynamic code instrumentation toolkit, used for intercepting IPC(Interprocess Communication) requests and modifying it to make a function perform the desired operation, this concept is called Hooking. Dynamic instrumentation is the process of modifying the instructions of a binary program while it executes.
Some use cases of Frida
  • Spy on Crypto APIs
  • Modify function’s output
  • Bypass AES encryption
  • Bypass SSLPinning and Root detection
  • Trace private application code
  • Bypass various software sided locks (like app lock)

Setting Up Frida For Testing

We need to install the Frida tool on a laptop/PC and Frida Server on a mobile device.

Steps to Frida tool install on Laptop/PC

  1. 1.
    Install Python 3 and the latest pip.
  2. 2.
    Open the terminal or command prompt and run the following command. pip install frida-tools
  3. 3.
    Verify Frida is installed properly. frida --version
  4. 4.
    If the version is displayed then Frida is properly installed.

Steps to install on Android device

  1. 1.
    Execute the following command to get to know about the process type on the device( Emulator/Physical device ). adb shell getprop | grep abi
  2. 2.
    Download the supported Frida server from https://github.com/frida/frida/releases​
  3. 3.
    Unzip the downloaded folder and CD into the directory.
  4. 4.
    Push Frida Server into the device.
    ADB push Frida server /data/local/tmp
  5. 5.
    Do ADB shell and CD into /data/local/tmp. adb shell su cd data/local/tmp
  6. 6.
    Give Executable permission to Frida Server. chmod 777 frida-server
  7. 7.
    Run Frida Server. ./frida-server

How To use

​
Previous
Tools Used For Android Testing
Next
Mobile Security Framework ( Mobsf )
Last modified 6mo ago
Copy link
Outline
Setting Up Frida For Testing
How To use