Apparatus and method for analyzing permission of application for mobile devices and detecting risk
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1. An apparatus for analyzing a permission of an application for a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
- an executable file acquisition device configured to acquire an executable file of the application;
a file extraction device including an unpackaging section, wherein the unpacking section is configured to unpackage the executable file to extract a first file which describes the information about permission that is declared in the application and a permission that the application uses; and
an execution permission analyzing device configured to detect a security risk which can be caused by the permission on the basis of the permission described in the extracted file,wherein the information related to the permission of the application comprises;
information on permission that is declared in the application, permission that the application uses and a function that uses the permission of the application.
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An apparatus for analyzing a permission of an application for a mobile device, the apparatus comprising: an executable file acquisition unit; a file extraction module; and an execution permission analyzing module configured to detect a security risk which can be caused by the permission on the basis of the permission described in the extracted file, wherein the information related to the permission of the application includes information on permission that is declared in the application, permission that the application uses and a function that uses the permission of the application.
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1. An apparatus for analyzing a permission of an application for a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
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an executable file acquisition device configured to acquire an executable file of the application; a file extraction device including an unpackaging section, wherein the unpacking section is configured to unpackage the executable file to extract a first file which describes the information about permission that is declared in the application and a permission that the application uses; and an execution permission analyzing device configured to detect a security risk which can be caused by the permission on the basis of the permission described in the extracted file, wherein the information related to the permission of the application comprises; information on permission that is declared in the application, permission that the application uses and a function that uses the permission of the application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for analyzing a permission of an application for mobile devices, the method comprising:
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acquiring an executable file from the application for mobile devices; unpackaging the executable file to extract a first file, which describes the information about permission that is declared in the application and permission that the application uses; and detecting a security risk which can be caused by the permission on the basis of the permission described in the extracted file, wherein the information related to the permission of the application comprises; information on a permission that is declared in the application, permission that the application uses, and a function that uses the permission of the application. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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