Script to find Android apps that have a given permission

find-apps-with-permission.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

# Script to find all installed Android apps that request a given permission
#
# Author:  Thore Goebel <hello@thore.io>
# Version: 2022-06-21

import shlex, subprocess

PERMISSION = "android.permission.READ_LOGS"

# List all installed packages
# Options: system packages -s, 3rd party packages -3
args = shlex.split("adb shell pm list packages -s")
out = subprocess.run(args, capture_output=True)

if out.returncode != 0:
    print(out.stderr.decode("utf8"))
    exit()

packages = []
for line in out.stdout.decode("utf8").splitlines():
    if line.startswith("package:"):
        packages.append(line[8:])
print(f"Found {len(packages)} packages.")

# Find the permissions for each package
count = 0
print("Apps with the permission:")
for pkgname in packages:
    args = shlex.split(f"adb shell dumpsys package {pkgname}")
    out = subprocess.run(args, capture_output=True)

    if out.returncode != 0:
        print(out.stderr.decode("utf8"))
        exit()

    dump = out.stdout.decode("utf8")

    if f"{PERMISSION}" in dump:
        print(f"\t{pkgname}")
        count += 1

print(f"{count} packages have the {PERMISSION} permission")