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2024-11-27

Setup Android emulator for Burpsuite & frida.

AndroidFridaBurpsuiteSetup
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Emulator setup

[!IMPORTANT] Download & Install Android Studio from here

  • Create a Virtual Device in Android Studio.

**( I have used Android 12 'S' (API 31) for this Setup Process)

Rooting The AVD (Android Virtual Device)

  • Start the AVD Via device manager.
  • Clone the rootAVD. link
    • Open the Directory where you have installed rootAVD
    • Open CMD in same directory
    • run rootAVD.bat ListAllAVDs to list all the Installed Android IMGs Computer (note : run rootAVD.sh ListAllAVDs if your using Linux OS)
    • Look for your android emulator ramdisk.img
      • ex: "system-images\android-31\google_apis_playstore\x86_64\ramdisk.img"

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  • copy the full ramdisk.img path
  • run rootAVD.bat <ramdisk.img PATH>
  • select option '1' to install the stable version of magisk
  • Now the AVD will shutdown, you'll have to manually the start the AVD again using via Device Manager
  • if the magisk app is installed then DONE

Setting Up BurpSuite

  • export BurpSuite Certificate in '.crt' extenstion
  • copy the BurpSuite Certificateto AVD
    • adb push cacert.crt /sdcard/Download
  • download MagiskTrustUserCerts
  • copy the 'AlwaysTrustUserCerts.zip' to AVD
    • adb push AlwaysTrustUserCerts.zip /sdcard/Download
  • Flash 'AlwaysTrustUserCerts.zip' Via Magisk & Reboot
  • install the BurpSuite Certificate in settings
    • Settings > Security > Encryption & Credentials > Install a Certificate.
  • Reboot AVD
  • Got to Emulator settings

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  • Settings > Proxy
  • set Proxy to Manual Proxy
    • host: 127.0.0.1 && Port: 8080
  • Apply & Done!

Setting Up Frida

[!NOTE] Prerequisites: - python - Rooted Android device (for advanced functionality; non-rooted devices have limited capabilities). - USB debugging enabled on your Android device. - Android Debug Bridge (ADB) installed on your computer.

**Installation - pip install frida-tools - frida --version

[!IMPORTANT] Download the appropriate frida-server binary from here According to your Device CPU Architecture

check in AVD Manger for CPU arch Or Run adb shell getprop ro.product.cpu.abi

  • Rename the "frida-server-16.5.7-android-x86_64" to "frida-server" for easier navigation

  • **Push the Frida Server to the Device: adb push frida-server /data/local/tmp/

  • Set Permissions:

    • make frida-server executable adb shell "chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/frida-server"

  • **Start the Frida server: adb shell "/data/local/tmp/frida-server &"

'&' ampersand is used to run frida in background, remove '&' to run it foreground

[!tip] - Use frida-ls-devices to verify that the device is listed, If the device appears in the list, the setup is complete.