mdast-cli 2.2

Dynamic-Mobile-Security

Mobile DAST CI/CD Python script

Automate the security analysis of mobile applications.

This script is designed to integrate mobile applications security analysis in the continuous development process (CI / CD). During the execution of the script, the application is sent to the dynamic analysis. The output is a json/pdf file with detailed results.

Install options

DockerHub

You can run this script using docker image:

docker pull mobilesecurity/mdast_cli:latest

From PyPi

It is possible to install a package using pip:

pip install mdast_cli

With this method, it is possible to start scanning without specifying the python interpreter using the mdast_cli command, example:

mdast_cli -h

All examples below will use exactly this approach.

Source

It also supports launching by loading source files and launching the main script directly:

python3 mdast_cli/mdast_scan.py -h

With this method of launching, you must additionally install the packages specified in requirements.txt

Launch options

Currently, several launch options are supported:

• Local apk file
• Applications from HockeyApp
• Applications from AppCenter

Launch parameters

The launch options depend on the location of the apk file sent for analysis. Also, there are required parameters that must be specified for any type of launch:

• url - network address for system (the path to the root without the final /)
• profile_id - ID of the profile to be analyzed
• testcase_id - ID of the test case to be executed. This is an optional parameter, if not set - manual scan with 20 seconds delay until finish will be executed;
• token - CI/CD access token (refer to our documentation for ways to retrieve the token)
• distribution_system - distribution method for the application; possible values: file, hockeyapp or appcenter. For detailed information refer to the respective sections below.
• company_id - identifier of the company within which the scan will be performed
• architecture_id - identifier of the operating system architecture on which the scan will be performed
• nowait - an optional parameter specifying whether to wait for the scan to complete. If this flag is set, the script will not wait for the scan to complete, but will exit immediately after starting. If the flag is not selected, the script will wait for the completion of the analysis process and generate a report.
• summary_report_json_file_name - an optional parameter defining the name of the json file into which the scanning information in json format is uploaded. If the parameter is absent, the information will not be saved.
• pdf_report_file_name - an optional parameter that specifies the name of the pdf file into which information on scanning in pdf format is uploaded. If the parameter is absent, the report will not be saved.

Local file launch

This type of launch implies that the application file is located locally. To select this method at startup, you must specify the parameter distribution_system file. In this case, the required parameter must specify the path to the file: file_path

HockeyApp

To download an application from the HockeyApp distribution system you need to select the distribution_system = hockeyapp parameter. Also, you need to specify the following mandatory parameters:

• hockey_token (mandatory parameter) - API access token. Look in the HockeyApp documentation how to retrieve it.
• hockey_version (optional parameter) - this parameter downloads the specific version of the application in accordance with its version ID (the version field in the API). If this parameter is not set, the latest available version of the application ("latest") will be downloaded.
• hockey_bundle_id or hockey_public_id (mandatory parameter)
  • hockey_bundle_id - ID of Android application or, alternatively, the package name (com.app.example). This option launches search among all HockeyApp applications and thereafter picks an application with the corresponding ID. API field - bundle_identifier.
  • hockey_public_id - ID of an application inside the HockeyApp system. This parameter downloads an application with the corresponding ID. API field - public_identifier

AppCenter

To download application from AppCenter distribution system you need to select the distribution_system appcenter parameter. Also, you need to specify the following mandatory parameters:

• appcenter_token - API access token. Look in official documentation to learn how to retrieve it.
• appcenter_owner_name - owner of the application. Look in official documentation to learn how to retreive the owner name.
• appcenter_app_name - the name of the application in the AppCenter system. Look in official documentation to learn how to retrieve it
• appcenter_release_id or appcenter_app_version
  • appcenter_release_id - ID of the specific release of the application to be downloaded from AppCenter. There is a possibility to select the "latest" value - the latest available version of the application will be downloaded.
  • appcenter_app_version - this parameter finds and downloads the specific version of the application in accordance with its version ID (shown in Android Manifest) (the "version" field in the AppCenter Documentation)

Nexus

To download application from maven repository you need to know repository where mobile application is stored and its group_id, artifact_id and version. To upload mobile application to Nexus you can use this snippet for android apk and this one for iOS ipa. Also you need to select the distribution_system nexus and specify the following mandatory parameters:

• nexus_url - Http(s) url for Nexus server where mobile application is located.
• nexus_login - username for Nexus server with permissions to repository where mobile application located.
• nexus_password - password for the Nexus server with permissions to repository where mobile application located.
• nexus_repo_name - repository name in Nexus where mobile application is located.
• nexus_group_id - group_id of the uploaded mobile application from maven data.
• nexus_artifact_id - artifact_id of the uploaded mobile application from maven data.
• nexus_version - version of the uploaded mobile application from maven data.

Launch examples

Scan type

There are several ways to start scan: with previously recorded tescase or without it.

• In first scenario with selected testcase - it will be replayed in the scan execution.
• In second scenario without tescase, application will be installed on the device, started, waiting for 30 seconds and than stopped and further analysis will be performed.

Start scan with testcase (run previosly recorded steps in application)

To start this type of scan you need to specify id of previosly recorded testcase in --testcase_id parameter:

mdast_cli --testcase_id 4 --distribution_system file --file_path "/files/demo/apk/demo.apk" --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --profile_id 1 --company_id 1 - architecture_id 1 --token "eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1.eyJzdaJqZWNcX2lkIj53LCJle5AiOjf1OTM5OTU3MjB1.hrI6c4VN_U2mo5VjHvRoENPv2"

Start scan without testcase

To start this type of scan don't specify --testcase_id parameter:

mdast_cli --distribution_system file --file_path "/files/demo/apk/demo.apk" --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --profile_id 1 --company_id 1 - architecture_id 1 --token "eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1.eyJzdaJqZWNcX2lkIj53LCJle5AiOjf1OTM5OTU3MjB1.hrI6c4VN_U2mo5VjHvRoENPv2"

Local file

Docker launch

After pulling run docker using command like this (all parameters are applied due to distribution_system choice):

docker run -it -v {path_to_folder_with_application}:/mdast/files -v {path_to_report_folder}:/mdast/report mobilesecurity/mdast_cli:latest --profile_id 1 --architecture_id 5 --testcase_id 4 --distribution_system file --file_path /mdast/files/{application_file_name} --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --company_id 1 --token eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1 --summary_report_json_file_name /mdast/report/json-repot.json --pdf_report_file_name /mdast/report/pdf-repot.pdf

Where:

• {path_to_folder_with_application} - absolute path to the folder where build application locating
• {path_to_report_folder} - absolute path to the folder where reports will be generated
• {application_file_name} - full name of the builded apk inside the {path_to_folder_with_application} folder

Standard launch method

To run analysis of a local file:

mdast_cli --distribution_system file --file_path "/files/demo/apk/demo.apk" --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --profile_id 1 --testcase_id 4 --company_id 1 - architecture_id 1 --token "eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1.eyJzdaJqZWNcX2lkIj53LCJle5AiOjf1OTM5OTU3MjB1.hrI6c4VN_U2mo5VjHvRoENPv2"

As a result, an automated analysis of the demo.apk application with a profile with id 1 will be launched and a test case with id 4 will be launched.

Start without waiting for the scan to complete

mdast_cli --distribution_system file --file_path "/files/demo/apk/demo.apk" --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --profile_id 1 --testcase_id 4 --company_id 1 - architecture_id 1 --token "eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1.eyJzdaJqZWNcX2lkIj53LCJle5AiOjf1OTM5OTU3MjB1.hrI6c4VN_U2mo5VjHvRoENPv2"

As a result, an automated analysis of the demo.apk application with a profile with id 1 will be launched and a test case with id 4 will be launched and the script will finish immediately after starting the scan and will not wait for the end and generate a report.

Generating a Summary report in JSON format

mdast_cli --distribution_system file --file_path "/files/demo/apk/demo.apk" --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --profile_id 1 --testcase_id 4 --company_id 1 - architecture_id 1 --token "eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1.eyJzdaJqZWNcX2lkIj53LCJle5AiOjf1OTM5OTU3MjB1.hfI6c4VN_U2mo5VfCvRoENPvLvlPvN_U2mo5VfCvRoENhPlv" --summary_report_json_file_name json-scan-repot.json

As a result, an automated analysis of the demo.apk application with a profile with id 1 will be launched and a test case with id 4 will be launched, and upon completion of scanning, a JSON report with the total number of defects and brief statistics will be saved.

HockeyApp by bundle_identifier and version

To run application analysis from a HockeyApp system:

mdast_cli --distribution_system hockeyapp --hockey_token 18bc81146d374ba4b1182ed65e0b3aaa --bundle_id com.appsec.demo --hockey_version 31337 --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --profile_id 2 --testcase_id 3 --company_id 1 --architecture_id 1 --token "eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1.eyJzdaJqZWNcX2lkIj53LCJle5AiOjf1OTM5OTU3MjB1.hfI6c4VN_U2mo5VfRoENPvJCvpxhLzjHqI0gxqgr2Bs"

As a result, an application with the package ID com.appsec.demo and version 31337 will be found on the HockeyApp system. It will be downloaded, and an automated analysis will be performed for it with a profile with id 2 and a test case with id 3.

HockeyApp with public identifier and the latest available version

To start scannig the latest version of an application in HockeyApp system using the application's public ID:

mdast_cli --distribution_system hockeyapp --hockey_token 18bc81146d374ba4b1182ed65e0b3aaa --public_id "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef" --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --profile_id 2 --testcase_id 3 --company_id 1 --architecture_id 1 --token "eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1.eyJzdaJqZWNcX2lkIj53LCJle5AiOjf1OTM5OTU3MjB1.hfI6c4VN_U2mo5VfRoENPvJCvpxhLzjHqI0gxqgr2Bs"

As a result, the latest available version of the application with the unique public ID 1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef will be found in HockeyApp system. The application will be downloaded and automatically analyzed using the profile with id 2 and the test case with id 3.

AppCenter with the release ID

To start scannig an application using its name, the name of the owner and the release ID, the following command should be entered:

mdast_cli --distribution_system appcenter --appcenter_token 18bc81146d374ba4b1182ed65e0b3aaa --appcenter_owner_name test_org_or_user --appcenter_app_name demo_app --appcenter_release_id 710 --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --profile_id 2 --testcase_id 3 --company_id 1 --architecture_id 1 --token "eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1.eyJzdaJqZWNcX2lkIj53LCJle5AiOjf1OTM5OTU3MjB1.hfI6c4VN_U2mo5VfRoENPvJCvpxhLzjHqI0gxqgr2Bs"

As a result, the demo_app application with release id 710 will be found among applications of the specified owner (user or organization test_org_or_user). This version of the release will be downloaded and sent for security analysis.

To download the latest version of the release you need to use the following parameter: appcenter_release_id latest. The command line will look as follows:

mdast_cli --distribution_system appcenter --appcenter_token 18bc81146d374ba4b1182ed65e0b3aaa --appcenter_owner_name "test_org_or_user" --appcenter_app_name "demo_app" --appcenter_release_id latest --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --profile_id 2 --testcase_id 3 --company_id 1 --architecture_id 1 --token "eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1.eyJzdaJqZWNcX2lkIj53LCJle5AiOjf1OTM5OTU3MjB1.hfI6c4VN_U2mo5VfRoENPvJCvpxhLzjHqI0gxqgr2Bs"

As a result, the latest available release of the application will be downloaded.

AppCenter by application version

To start the analysis of the application by the known name, owner and version (version_code in Android Manifest), you need to run the following command:

mdast_cli --distribution_system appcenter --appcenter_token 18bc81146d374ba4b1182ed65e0b3aaa --appcenter_owner_name "test_org_or_user" --appcenter_app_name "demo_app" --appcenter_app_version 31337 --url "https://saas.mobile.appsec.world" --profile_id 2 --testcase_id 3 --company_id 1 --architecture_id 1 --token "eyJ0eXA4OiJKA1QiLbJhcGciO5JIU4I1NiJ1.eyJzdaJqZWNcX2lkIj53LCJle5AiOjf1OTM5OTU3MjB1.hfI6c4VN_U2mo5VfRoENPvJCvpxhLzjHqI0gxqgr2Bs"

As a result, in the owner workspace (user or organization test_org_or_user) will be found application demo_app and will be found a release in which the version of the application 31337 was specified. This version will be downloaded and submitted for security analysis.