Screenshot command for Android is not working with a reverse tcp connection

[mahmoudissam]

Steps to reproduce

Run the command: "screenshot" on a reverse TCP connection, give you the error:
[-] stdapi_ui_desktop_screenshot: Operation failed: 1

Expected behavior

To capture the screen or save it somewhere.

Current behavior

Gets the error: [-] stdapi_ui_desktop_screenshot: Operation failed: 1

System stuff

Tested on : Android 6.0.1 - Linux 3.10.61-8299335 (armv8l) - Samsung J7 dual sim.

Metasploit version

metasploit v4.16.11-dev

I installed Metasploit with:

Kali package via apt

OS

What OS are you running Metasploit on?
Kali Linux 2017.2

[timwr]

Unfortunately this command only works if you injected into an apk and the APK activity is in the foreground. Let me add a more verbose error to avoid confusion.

[mahmoudissam]

Thanks timwr, but that works fine on galaxy s8

[Rafik-Belkadi]

Same problem here :/

[busterb]

If any of you happened to have 'adb logcat' running, you could look at what the error message is and possibly debug it. 'Operation failed: 1' isn't very helpful.

[timwr]

@ordana the meterpreter> screenshot command on Android is sandboxed and can only capture the apps own framebuffer and the default android meterpreter payload has no UI (so there is no buffer to capture).
I'll fix the error message to say something sensible.

[morgensterne]

Same here.