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arXiv:2102.06823 (cs)
[Submitted on 12 Feb 2021]

Title:$μ$SE: Mutation-based Evaluation of Security-focused Static Analysis Tools for Android

Authors:Amit Seal Ami, Kaushal Kafle, Kevin Moran, Adwait Nadkarni, Denys Poshyvanyk
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Abstract:This demo paper presents the technical details and usage scenarios of $\mu$SE: a mutation-based tool for evaluating security-focused static analysis tools for Android. Mutation testing is generally used by software practitioners to assess the robustness of a given test-suite. However, we leverage this technique to systematically evaluate static analysis tools and uncover and document soundness issues. $\mu$SE's analysis has found 25 previously undocumented flaws in static data leak detection tools for Android. $\mu$SE offers four mutation schemes, namely Reachability, Complex-reachability, TaintSink, and ScopeSink, which determine the locations of seeded mutants. Furthermore, the user can extend $\mu$SE by customizing the API calls targeted by the mutation analysis. $\mu$SE is also practical, as it makes use of filtering techniques based on compilation and execution criteria that reduces the number of ineffective mutations.
Comments: 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering, Virtual (originally in Madrid, Spain) - Demonstrations Track
Subjects: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
Cite as: arXiv:2102.06823 [cs.SE]
  (or arXiv:2102.06823v1 [cs.SE] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2102.06823
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00034

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From: Amit Seal Ami [view email]
[v1] Fri, 12 Feb 2021 23:57:56 UTC (734 KB)
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