Objection

Overview

Objection is a great tool for mobile exploration.

Download Link:

https://github.com/sensepost/objection

Installation

pip3 install -U objection

Frida

Frida-Server needs to be installed on the device

https://github.com/frida/frida/releases

adb root

adb push frida-server /data/local/tmp

adb shell “chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/frida-server”

adb shell “/data/local/tmp/frida-server &”

Usage

Run objection on the command line to get the CLI The REPL will autocomplete commands when the tab key is pressed

To connect objection to a particular process run:

• On the testing laptop run frida-ps -U and grep for the app being tested
• Hook the process with the -g flag and then run explore

frida-ps -U | grep APPNAME objection -g com.your.app explore

Commands

Command	Description
env	prints out information about the app environment
pwd print	shows the directory you are currently in
ls	like in Linux lists the files in that directory as well as properties
file download/upload	Download or upload a file
android	specific commands that can work with Android
android sslpinning disable	Built in SSL pinning bypass command
Android root disable	Built in root detection bypass
Android Hooking	Powerful tool for hooking the runtime
Android hooking list activities	list app activities
android intent launch_activity {activity}	Launch an intent
android hooking search	search for classes and methods
android ui screenshot	take a screenshot
android shell_exec	executes a shell command on the device
help command	prints useful help information

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