Autorisations inconnues sur l'analyse Virustotale -- stock-android domaine et google-account domaine et permissions domaine et system-apps domain android en relation problème

I have noticed unusual and unwanted behavior from a few of my system apps, most notably Google Play Services, Google Account Manager, and Google Services Framework. These apps cause force closes on their own operations as well as those of other apps, they seem to have the capability to take over functionality of my phone completely at times.

So, I used the Virustotal.com tool to analyze permissions on these apps to determine if they are present with the right capabilities built into them for the version that came pre-installed on the phone. For each of these apps, they returned between 10-20 additional permissions each that they were not designed to have, suggesting that they have been tampered with.

My phone is not rooted or modified in any way and I have had it for less than a year. These additional permissions were labeled:

(Unknown permission from android reference)

designating these specific permissions as not being native to these apps. Some of these permissions are specifically designed for transmission and communication of data via C2DM and Gtalk to other devices, as well as exposure of saved account details including passwords. This leads me to conclude that sensitive personal information has been leaked to third parties. Here is the output for Google Account Manager as an example:

VirusTotal SHA256:     602db0ceb05877fb6996fd2a3510721d0e32463a6e784ba5cc60ae1f71bb3226 File name:  GoogleLoginService.apk Detection ratio:    0 / 53 Analysis date:  2014-07-20 19:04:51 UTC ( 9 months, 1 week ago ) 0 0      Analysis     File detail     Additional information     Comments 0     Votes     Behavioural information  The file being studied is Android related! APK Android file more specifically. The application's main package name is com.google.android.gsf.login. The internal version number of the application is 19. The displayed version string of the application is 4.4.4-1215936. The minimum Android API level for the application to run (MinSDKVersion) is 8. The target Android API level for the application to run (TargetSDKVersion) is 17. Risk summary The studied DEX file makes use of API reflection Permissions that allow the application to access Internet Permissions that allow the application to access private information Other permissions that could be considered as dangerous in certain scenarios Required permissions android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE (change network connectivity) android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS (read sync settings) com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS (use the authentication credentials of an account) android.permission.DUMP (retrieve system internal status) android.permission.READ_LOGS (read sensitive log data) android.permission.WRITE_PROFILE (write the user's personal profile data) android.permission.CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE (enable or disable application components) android.permission.READ_SYNC_STATS (read sync statistics) android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED (automatically start at boot) android.permission.INTERNET (full Internet access) com.google.android.googleapps.permission.GOOGLE_MAIL_SWITCH (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.BACKUP (control system back up and restore) com.google.android.googleapps.permission.GOOGLE_AUTH.youtube (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_READ (read subscribed feeds) android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS (manage the accounts list) com.google.android.gtalkservice.permission.GTALK_SERVICE (Unknown permission from android reference) com.google.android.permission.BROADCAST_DATA_MESSAGE (Unknown permission from android reference) com.google.android.googleapps.permission.GOOGLE_AUTH.YouTubeUser (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.PERSISTENT_ACTIVITY (make application always run) com.google.android.googleapps.permission.GOOGLE_AUTH.ALL_SERVICES (Unknown permission from android reference) com.android.vending.TOS_ACKED (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE (view network status) com.google.android.providers.settings.permission.READ_GSETTINGS (Unknown permission from android reference) com.google.android.providers.settings.permission.WRITE_GSETTINGS (Unknown permission from android reference) com.google.android.googleapps.permission.GOOGLE_AUTH (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS (write contact data) android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS (write sync settings) android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS (act as an account authenticator) android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY (send sticky broadcast) com.android.vending.billing.BILLING_ACCOUNT_SERVICE (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS (modify global system settings) android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE (read phone state and identity) com.google.android.googleapps.permission.GOOGLE_AUTH.mail (Unknown permission from android reference) com.android.vending.INTENT_VENDING_ONLY (Unknown permission from android reference) com.google.android.providers.talk.permission.READ_ONLY (Unknown permission from android reference) com.google.android.googleapps.permission.ACCESS_GOOGLE_PASSWORD (Unknown permission from android reference) com.google.android.providers.talk.permission.WRITE_ONLY (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.VIBRATE (control vibrator) com.android.chrome.TOS_ACKED (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_WRITE (write subscribed feeds) android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE (view Wi-Fi status) com.android.vending.billing.ADD_CREDIT_CARD (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.WAKE_LOCK (prevent phone from sleeping) android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE (change Wi-Fi status) android.permission.READ_CONTACTS (read contact data) com.android.vending.billing.IBillingAccountService.BIND2 (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.READ_PROFILE (read the user's personal profile data) com.google.android.gtalkservice.permission.SEND_HEARTBEAT (Unknown permission from android reference) android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS (discover known accounts) Permission-related API calls ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Landroid/net/ConnectivityManager;->getActiveNetworkInfo()Landroid/net/NetworkInfo; called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/loginservice/BaseActivity;->hasNetworkConnection()Z READ_PHONE_STATE Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getLine1Number()Ljava/lang/String; called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/login/RecoveryDataActivity;->initViews(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V USE_CREDENTIALS Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->invalidateAuthToken(Ljava/lang/String; Ljava/lang/String;)V called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/loginservice/GoogleLoginService$GlsImplementation;->invalidateAuthToken(Ljava/lang/String;)V INTERNET Ljava/net/ServerSocket;-><init>(I)V called from Lcom/google/android/common/http/TestHttpServer;-><init>(I)V Landroid/webkit/WebView;-><init>(Landroid/content/Context;)V called from Lcom/google/android/common/GoogleWebContentHelper;->initializeViews()V Landroid/webkit/WebView;-><init>(Landroid/content/Context;)V called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/login/CustomWebView;-><init>(Landroid/content/Context;)V VIBRATE Landroid/app/NotificationManager;->notify(I Landroid/app/Notification;)V called from Lcom/google/android/gms/auth/GoogleAuthUtil;->a(Landroid/content/Context; Ljava/lang/String; Ljava/lang/String; Landroid/os/Bundle;)Ljava/lang/String; ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Landroid/net/wifi/WifiManager;->getWifiState()I called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/login/SetupWirelessActivity;->tryEnablingWifi()Z GET_ACCOUNTS Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->getAccountsByType(Ljava/lang/String;)[Landroid/accounts/Account; called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/login/BaseActivity;->isFirstAccount()Z Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->getAccountsByType(Ljava/lang/String;)[Landroid/accounts/Account; called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/login/AccountIntroActivity;->maybeSkipAccountSetup()Z Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->getAccountsByType(Ljava/lang/String;)[Landroid/accounts/Account; called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/login/EduLoginActivity;->removeAnyNewAccounts()V READ_SYNC_SETTINGS Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->getIsSyncable(Landroid/accounts/Account; Ljava/lang/String;)I called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/login/SyncSettingsFragment;->updateListViewData(Landroid/accounts/Account;)V CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE Landroid/content/pm/PackageManager;->setApplicationEnabledSetting(Ljava/lang/String; I I)V called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/login/ShowErrorActivity;->onClick(Landroid/view/View;)V MANAGE_ACCOUNTS Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->removeAccount(Landroid/accounts/Account; Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerCallback; Landroid/os/Handler;)Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture; called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/login/EduLoginActivity;->removeAnyNewAccounts()V Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->removeAccount(Landroid/accounts/Account; Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerCallback; Landroid/os/Handler;)Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture; called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/loginservice/GoogleLoginService$GlsImplementation;->deleteAllAccounts()V Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->removeAccount(Landroid/accounts/Account; Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerCallback; Landroid/os/Handler;)Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture; called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/loginservice/GoogleLoginService$GlsImplementation;->deleteOneAccount(Ljava/lang/String;)V AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->getUserData(Landroid/accounts/Account; Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String; called from Lcom/google/android/gsf/loginservice/GoogleLoginService;->accountHasFeatures(Landroid/accounts/AccountManager; Landroid/accounts/Account; [Ljava/lang/String;)Z Activities com.google.android.gsf.login.AccountIntroActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.AccountPreIntroUIActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.AccountIntroUIActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.PlusQueryActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.PlusFaqActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.NameActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.BadNameActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.PhotoActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.LearnMoreActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.WaitForDeviceCountryActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.CaptchaActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.SetupWirelessIntroActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.SetupWirelessActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.LoginActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.EduLoginActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.UsernamePasswordActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.PrepareAccountSetupActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.LoginActivityTask com.google.android.gsf.login.ShowErrorActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.SyncIntroActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.CreateAccountActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.PlusActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.PlusCheckTask com.google.android.gsf.login.UsernameActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.CreateAccountTask com.google.android.gsf.login.ProfileTask com.google.android.gsf.login.NameCheckTask com.google.android.gsf.login.CheckAvailTask com.google.android.gsf.login.SuggestUsernameActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.VerifyProfileActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.ChoosePasswordActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.RecoveryIntroActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.GetCountryListTask com.google.android.gsf.login.RecoveryDataActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.AccountSecurityActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.PicassaInfoActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.GoogleServicesActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.TermsOfServiceActivity com.google.android.gsf.login.BrowserActivity com.google.android.gsf.loginservice.GrantCredentialsPermissionActivity Services com.google.android.gsf.loginservice.GoogleLoginService Receivers com.google.android.gsf.login.DevicePolicyActivatedReceiver Service-related intent filters com.google.android.gsf.loginservice.GoogleLoginService actions: android.accounts.AccountAuthenticator, com.google.android.gsf.action.GET_GLS Activity-related intent filters com.google.android.gsf.login.AccountIntroActivity actions: com.google.android.accounts.AccountIntro, android.intent.action.MAIN categories: android.intent.category.DEFAULT Receiver-related intent filters com.google.android.gsf.login.DevicePolicyActivatedReceiver actions: com.google.android.apps.enterprise.dmagent.AUTO_REGISTRATION_FINISHED Code-related observations The application does not load any code dynamically The application contains reflection code The application does not contain native code The application does not contain cryptographic code Application certificate information Issuer     DN: C=US, ST=California, L=Mountain View, O=Google Inc., OU=Android, CN=Android     C: US     CN: Android     L: Mountain View     O: Google Inc.     S: California     OU: Android Subject     DN: C=US, ST=California, L=Mountain View, O=Google Inc., OU=Android, CN=Android     C: US     CN: Android     L: Mountain View     O: Google Inc.     S: California     OU: Android 

Who should I bring this information to the attention to? Is it pretty much certain that my phone is completely compromised?

While I agree that there's something wrong with your Google apps compatibility, I don't think those apps are compromised.

Android SDK (Software Development Kit) provides some standard permissions that are listed on its official documentation (and some of the details on Android.SE).

In addition of that, Android allows their developer to declare new permissions to be used by other apps. As it can be seen, Google does that with example of Gtalk (com.google.android.gtalkservice.permission.GTALK_SERVICE). It's normal for an app (even more, from the same developer) to use the custom permission for their needs.

Now, the reason why VirusTotal labels them as "unknown permission" because, I believe, it only checks for standard permissions, which is reasonable since there are no references for all custom permissions defined by other apps. (VirusTotal could probably work together with Google or other trusted companies to store their custom permissions as "known", but it's outside of the context).

So the conclusion is, "unknown permission" doesn't mean the app is tampered/compromised. It's just not a standard permission from Android SDK. In fact, many other apps also use the same permissions to use Google provided services, such as C2DM (or GCM, Google Cloud Messaging), GMaps, etc, which are not a standard Android permissions (and components).