A note on these insights.
The findings outlined in this blog post were drawn from the condensed results of a Malcore scan. To review the exhaustive findings of Malcore’s static analysis of Expedia’s mobile app APK, click the button below.
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Discovered Trackers
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Bolts
Carnival
Google Firebase Analytics
Facebook Analytics
Qualtrics
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Branch
Google CrashLytics
Demdex
High severity warnings, from code analysis
Files may contain hardcoded sensitive information like usernames, passwords, keys etc.
Insecure Implementation of SSL. Trusting all the certificates or accepting self signed certificates is a critical Security Hole. This application is vulnerable to MITM attacks
App uses SQLite Database and execute raw SQL query. Untrusted user input in raw SQL queries can cause SQL Injection. Also sensitive information should be encrypted and written to the database.
This App download files using Android Download Manager
The App uses an insecure Random Number Generator.
App creates temp file. Sensitive information should never be written into a temp file.
This App has capabilities to prevent against Screenshots from Recent Task History/ Now On Tap etc.
Suspicious severity warnings, from code analysis
N/A
Dangerous permissions, per Android labels
Findings as to the existence of permissions which Android’s developers have labelled “Dangerous”, per the documentation available here.
Name: ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Description: Access fine location sources, such as the Global Positioning System on the phone, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine where you are and may consume additional battery power.
Name: CAMERA
Description: Allows application to take pictures and videos with the camera. This allows the application to collect images that the camera is seeing at any time.
Name: USE_CREDENTIALS
Description: Allows an application to request authentication tokens.
Name: AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
Description: Allows an application to use the account authenticator capabilities of the Account Manager, including creating accounts as well as obtaining and setting their passwords.
Name: ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Description: Access coarse location sources, such as the mobile network database, to determine an approximate phone location, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine approximately where you are.
Name: WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
Description: Allows an application to modify the sync settings, such as whether sync is enabled for Contacts.
Name: CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
Description: Allows an application to connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi access points and to make changes to configured Wi-Fi networks.
Name: WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Description: Allows an application to write to the SD card.
Name: NFC
Description: Allows an application to communicate with Near-Field Communication (NFC) tags, cards and readers.
Name: ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Description: Allows an application to view the status of all networks.
Name: control Near-Field Communication
Description: Allows an application to communicate with Near-Field Communication (NFC) tags, cards and readers.
Name: ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Description: Access fine location sources, such as the Global Positioning System on the phone, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine where you are and may consume additional battery power.
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