Ghost Framework -- Control Android Devices Remotely

Ghost Framework is an Android post-exploitation framework that uses an
Android Debug Bridge to remotely access and control Android device.
Ghost Framework gives us the power and convenience of remote Android device administration.

We can use this framework to control old Android devices which have turn on the debug bridge in the "Developer options".

Now this becomes very harmful because an attacker gets the full admin control on the vulnerable Android device.

In our this detailed tutorial we will practically learn how we can use the Ghost Framework to take control of Android device from our Kali Linux system.

So we start from cloning the Ghost Framework from GitHub by using following command:

git clone https://github.com/entynetproject/ghost

The screenshot of the command is following:

Then it will be cloned on our root folder of Kali Linux. Then we go the ghost directory by using cd command:

cd ghost

Now we need to install it using the installer script. Before that we give the permission to the installer script by applying following command:

sudo chmod +x install.sh

Here if it prompted for sudo password of our machine then we need to provide it.

Now we can run the installer script using following command:

sudo ./install.sh

Then wit will start installing the dependencies and  as the following screenshot:

This process will take some time depending our internet speed.

After installing Ghost Framework we can run it from any where in our terminal by only the ghost command:

sudo ghost

And the ghost will appear with it's main screen as the following screenshot:

Now we can see the options by using help command.

help

The help option will be like following screenshot:

In the above screenshot we can see that we can connect vulnerable Android device by it's IP with the help of connect command:.

Now how we get a IP address of an Old vulnerable Android devices? Shodan is here. Shodan is a grate search engine for searching the devices connected to internet. We already have a tutorial on Shodan.

In Shodan we have to search "Android Debug Bridge", as we have shown in following screenshot:

Here we can see over 19k search results. Every device is vulnerable for ghost and those devices are connected to internet.

From here we can pick any IP address and use with connect command.

connect 221.211.29.92

We got connected with this device as we see the screenshot below.

Here we can see we are connected with the IP address. Now we can run anything from Ghost Framework.

We can see the commands we can run after connecting by using help command again.

help

What we can do with Ghost Framework:

1. Show connected devices
2. Disconnect all devices
3. Connect a new device
4. Access device shell
5. Install an apk on a device
6. Screen record a device
7. Get device screenshot
8. Restart Ghost Server
9. Pull files from devices
10. Shutdown the device
11. Uninstall an app
12. Show device log
13. Dump system Info
14. List of all device app
15. Run a device app
16. Port Forwarding
17. Grab wpa_supplicant(WiFi password)
18. Show Mac/Inct
19. Extract apk from app
20. Get Battery Status
21. Get Network Status
22. Turn WiFi on/off
23. Remove device password
24. Emulate button presses
25. Get Current Activity
26. Update Ghost Framework
27. Exit Ghost Framework

For an example we connect to the Android shell of connected device.

shell

Ghost Framework has a simple and clear UX/UI. It is easy to understand and it will be easier for us to master the Ghost Framework.

Ghost Framework can be used to remove the remote Android device password if it was forgotten. It is also can be used to access the remote Android device shell without using OpenSSH or other protocols.
Ghost Framework has a simple and clear UX/UI. It is easy to understand and it will be easier for us to master the Ghost Framework.

Ghost Framework can be used to remove the remote Android device password if it was forgotten. It is also can be used to access the remote Android device shell without using OpenSSH or other protocols.

[UPDATE] Many user got error like this "Failed to start Ghost Server". In that case ADB (Android Debug Bus) and fastboot need to be install manually. Try following commands if this kind of error comes:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot

Usage of the post on Ghost Framework for attacking targets without prior mutual consent is illegal. It is the end user's responsibility to obey all applicable local,state, federal, and international laws. Developers and content writers assume no liability and are not responsible for any misuse or damage caused by this program.