Master’s Thesis Presentation • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Systematically Detecting Access Control Flaws in the Android Framework
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.
Zeinab El-Rewini, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Yousra Aafer
Android’s permission model is used to regulate access to the Application Program Interfaces (APIs) within the Android system services, which provide access to sensitive system resources, such as the camera and microphone. To successfully invoke sensitive APIs, a caller must hold one or more Android permissions.