Feature List

Area	What	Command	Description	Issues Auto-Detection
[CORE]	Console interface	python needle.py
[CORE]	Use resource file	python needle.py -r <path to file>	Executes commands from a resource file
[CORE]	Non-interactive mode	python needle-cli.py	See relevant page
[CORE]	Session manager		SSH, USB over SSH
[CORE]	Modular approach	show modules, use <module_name>, show [options\source\info\globals]	Show details of a particular module, once selected
[CORE]	Background jobs	jobs, kill <num>	List running jobs and kill them
[CORE]	Search	search <query>	Search available modules
[CORE]	List issues	issues	Show identified issues
[CORE]	Add issue	add_issue	Manually add an issue to the collection
[CORE]	Local command	<cmd>	Execute a command on the local workstation
[CORE]	Drop shell	shell	Drop a shell on the remote device
[CORE]	Do command	exec_command <cmd>	Execute a single command on the remote device
[CORE]	Push/pull	<push\pull> <src> <dst>	Push/pull files on the device
[BINARY]	Checksums	use binary/info/checksums	Compute different checksums of the application binary: MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512
[BINARY]	Compilation Checks	use binary/info/compilation_checks	Check for protections (PIE, ARC, stack canaries, binary encryption)	✅
[BINARY]	App Metadata	use binary/info/metadata	Display the app's metadata (UUID, app name/version, bundle name/id, bundle/data/binary directory, binary path/name, signer identity, entitlements, url handlers, architectures, platform/sdk/os version), ATS settings, app extensions	✅
[BINARY]	Provisioning Profile	use binary/info/provisioning_profile	Inspect the provisioning profile of the application, then parse the embedded certificate	✅
[BINARY]	Universal Links	use binary/info/universal_links	Display an applications universal links. Can also determine if apple-app-site-association is signed or not
[BINARY]	Install IPA	use binary/installation/install	Automatically upload and install an IPA on the device
[BINARY]	Pull IPA	use binary/info/pull_ipa	Decrypt and pull the application's IPA from the device
[BINARY]	Class Dump	use binary/reversing/class_dump	Dump the class interfaces
[BINARY]	Enumerate All Methods (Frida)	use binary/reversing/class_dump_frida_enum-all-methods	Enumerate all methods from all classes in the application
[BINARY]	Enumerate Classes (Frida)	use binary/reversing/class_dump_frida_enum-classes	Enumerate available classes
[BINARY]	Enumerate Methods (Frida)	use binary/reversing/class_dump_frida_find-class-enum-methods	Find the target class specified and enumerate its methods
[BINARY]	Shared Libraries	use binary/reversing/shared_libraries	List the shared libraries used by the application
[BINARY]	Strings	use binary/reversing/strings	Find strings in the (decrypted) application binary and resources, then try to extract URIs and ViewControllers	✅
[COMMS]	Delete Installed Certificates	use comms/certs/delete_ca	Delete one (or more) certificates installed on device
[COMMS]	Export Installed Certificates	use comms/certs/export_ca	Export one (or more) certificates installed on device
[COMMS]	Import Installed Certificates	use comms/certs/import_ca	Import a certificate from a file in PEM format
[COMMS]	Install Burp Proxy CA Certificate	use comms/certs/install_ca_burp	Install the CA Certificate of Burp on the device
[COMMS]	Install MitmProxy CA Certificate	use comms/certs/install_ca_mitm	Install the CA Certificate of MitmProxy on the device
[COMMS]	List Installed Certificates	use comms/certs/list_ca	List the certificates installed on device
[COMMS]	View Server Certificate	use comms/certs/view_cert	View details of TLS certificate presented by a specified site
[COMMS]	TLS Pinning Bypass (Frida)	comms/proxy/pinning_bypass_frida	Disable TLS Certificate Pinning for the target application
[COMMS]	Intercepting Proxy	use comms/proxy/proxy_regular	Intercept the traffic generated by the device
[DEVICE]	Agent Client	use device/agent_client	Send commands to the Needle Agent on the device
[DEVICE]	Clean Storage	use device/clean_storage	Clean device storage from leftovers artefacts of other tools (e.g., Frida)
[DEVICE]	Dependency Installer	use device/dependency_installer	Automatically checks if all the dependencies needed are already present on the device, otherwise it will install them
[DEVICE]	Hosts File	use device/hosts	Show the content of the device's /etc/hosts file, and offer the chance to edit it
[DEVICE]	List Installed Applications	use device/list_apps	Provide a list of the bundle IDs of all the apps installed on the device
[DYNAMIC]	Jailbreak Detection	use dynamic/detection/jailbreak_detection	Verify that the app cannot be run on a jailbroken device	✅
[DYNAMIC]	Frida Jailbreak Detection Bypass	use dynamic/detection/script_jailbreak-detection-bypass	Hooks native function calls to hide common jailbreak packages and binaries. Also hooks ObjC jailbreak detection classes
[DYNAMIC]	URI Handler	use dynamic/ipc/open_uri	Test IPC attacks by launching URI Handlers
[DYNAMIC]	Heap Dump	use dynamic/memory/heap_dump	Dump memory regions of the app and look for strings	✅
[DYNAMIC]	Monitor File changes	use dynamic/monitor/files	Monitor the app data folder and keep track of modified files
[DYNAMIC]	Monitor OS Pasteboard	use dynamic/monitor/pasteboard	Monitor the OS Pasteboard and dump its content	✅
[DYNAMIC]	Syslog Monitor	use dynamic/monitor/syslog	Monitor the syslog in background and dump its content	✅
[DYNAMIC]	Syslog Watch	use dynamic/watch/syslog	Watch the syslog in realtime	✅
[HOOKING]	Cycript shell	use hooking/cycript/cycript_shell	Spawn a Cycript shell attached to the target app
[HOOKING]	Cycript TouchID	use hooking/cycript/cycript_touchid	Circumvent Touch ID when implemented using LocalAuthentication framework
[HOOKING]	Frida launcher	use hooking/frida/frida_launcher	Run Frida scripts (JS payloads)
[HOOKING]	Frida shell	use hooking/frida/frida_shell	Spawn a Frida shell attached to the target app
[HOOKING]	Frida trace	use hooking/frida/frida_trace	Trace the specified functions using frida-trace
[HOOKING]	Anti Hooking Check	use hooking/frida/script_anti-hooking-check	Display an Alert in the target application. Can be used as simple proof that there are no anti-hooking checks in place	✅
[HOOKING]	Dump UI	use hooking/frida/script_dump-ui	Print the view hierarchy
[HOOKING]	Hook all Methods	use hooking/frida/script_hook-all-methods-of-class	Hook all the methods of the specified class
[HOOKING]	Hook Specific Method	use hooking/frida/script_hook-method-of-class	Hook a particular method of a specific class
[HOOKING]	Frida Touch Id Bypass	use hooking/frida/script_touch-id-bypass	Bypasses Touch Id authentication using frida instead. Can be used on devices that do not support cycript
[HOOKING]	List Tweaks	use hooking/theos/list_tweaks	List all the Tweaks installed using Needle
[HOOKING]	Theos Tweak	use hooking/theos/theos_tweak	Automate management of THEOS Tweaks
[MDM]	MDM Effective User Settings	use mdm/effective_user_settings	Extract and compare the configuration of the device against a supplied configuration file, and present a summary of any conflicts found between the two configurations along with recommended changes
[STATIC]	Code Checks	use static/code_checks	Static analysis of the apps's source code. Aims to find usage of potentially insecure functions. Can be applied to a whole folder or, if SECONDARY_FOLDER is specified, only to the diffs computed among the 2 versions of the same codebase.	✅
[STORAGE]	iCloud Content (Frida)	use storage/backup/icloud_content_frida	List files within the "Documents" directory not excluded from iCloud Backups	✅
[STORAGE]	Keyboard Autocomplete Caching	use storage/caching/keyboard_autocomplete	Dump the content of the keyboard's autocomplete databases in order to help identify if sensitive information input into the application could be cached	✅
[STORAGE]	Screenshot Caching	use storage/caching/screenshot	Test if a screenshot of the application's main window is cached when the application's process is moved to the background	✅
[STORAGE]	Application Container	use storage/data/container	Print and clone the Bundle and Data folder of the target application
[STORAGE]	Binary Cookies Files	use storage/data/files_binarycookies	List Binary Cookies files contained in the app folders, alongside with their Data Protection Class. Plus, offers the chance to pull and inspect them with BinaryCookieReader	✅
[STORAGE]	Cache.db Files	use storage/data/files_cachedb	List Cache.db files contained in the app folders, alongside with their Data Protection Class. Plus, offers the chance to pull and inspect them with SQLite3	✅
[STORAGE]	Plist Files	use storage/data/files_plist	List plist files contained in the app folders, alongside with their Data Protection Class. Plus, offers the chance to inspect them with Plutil	✅
[STORAGE]	SQL Files	use storage/data/files_sql	List SQL files contained in the app folders, alongside with their Data Protection Class. Plus, offers the chance to pull and inspect them with SQLite3	✅
[STORAGE]	Dump Keychain	use storage/data/keychain_dump	Dump the keychain	✅
[STORAGE]	Dump Keychain (Frida)	use storage/data/keychain_dump_frida	Retrieve all the keychain items belonging to the target application	✅