Does Termux App make your phone vulnerable
Before i say that Termux app make your phone vulnerable you should know about termux
What Is Termux ?
“Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app that works directly with no rooting or setup required. A minimal base system is installed automatically - additional packages are available using the APT package manager."
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What I Can Do With Termux?
That what is said about Termux in the official website. But its use is not limited to those simple 1 line. Termux offer you a Linux-like terminal. I would say it linux like because it has pretty lot of difference from a linux environment. If someone has a basic knowledge about linux filesystem and terminal commands mastering termux will be a piece of cake. You can do anything from automating some system apps to running a ssh server, from running a simple script that can ping your connection to hosting a web server in your phone. It's capable of a doing lot. I have been using Termux for last 2 year and I've done a lot of things like below
- Run many tool few are posted in this blogger( like payload , hack through ip , wordlist and many more)
- Learnt Python programming. Making python projects using curses which is a library to make beutiful TUI in terminal.
- Learnt Cpp programming. Making Cmake projects.
- Mysql using Mariadb.
I built a few project and uploaded in github all using Termux. And I've used Vim as and editing tool.
Does Termux App make your phone vulnerable
No, terminal by itself doesn't make your device vulnerable.
But certain commands can make. For example, if you execute command telnetd
(available in default installation), your device will be accessible via port 8023 without any authentication. Direct access to shell allows to execute arbitrary code.
So, do not execute commands and scripts if you don't know what they do