Disable SSL Pinning (iOS only)

Secure Socket Layering helps to protect communications from nefarious third parties.

Software engineers may need to disable SSL pinning for certain applications such as development and testing. For a more in-depth explanation, please refer to this article about certificates and public key pinning.

You can either disable SSL pinning on your device using Frida or use the Corellium API, as shown below.

Using Frida

To disable SSL pinning using Frida, you can use the following script from Frida Codeshare:

/* 
   Android SSL Re-pinning frida script v0.2 030417-pier 

   $ adb push burpca-cert-der.crt /data/local/tmp/cert-der.crt
   $ frida -U -f it.app.mobile -l frida-android-repinning.js --no-pause

   https://techblog.mediaservice.net/2017/07/universal-android-ssl-pinning-bypass-with-frida/
   
   UPDATE 20191605: Fixed undeclared var. Thanks to @oleavr and @ehsanpc9999 !
*/

setTimeout(function(){
    Java.perform(function (){
    	console.log("");
	    console.log("[.] Cert Pinning Bypass/Re-Pinning");

	    var CertificateFactory = Java.use("java.security.cert.CertificateFactory");
	    var FileInputStream = Java.use("java.io.FileInputStream");
	    var BufferedInputStream = Java.use("java.io.BufferedInputStream");
	    var X509Certificate = Java.use("java.security.cert.X509Certificate");
	    var KeyStore = Java.use("java.security.KeyStore");
	    var TrustManagerFactory = Java.use("javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory");
	    var SSLContext = Java.use("javax.net.ssl.SSLContext");

	    // Load CAs from an InputStream
	    console.log("[+] Loading our CA...")
	    var cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
	    
	    try {
	    	var fileInputStream = FileInputStream.$new("/data/local/tmp/cert-der.crt");
	    }
	    catch(err) {
	    	console.log("[o] " + err);
	    }
	    
	    var bufferedInputStream = BufferedInputStream.$new(fileInputStream);
	  	var ca = cf.generateCertificate(bufferedInputStream);
	    bufferedInputStream.close();

		var certInfo = Java.cast(ca, X509Certificate);
	    console.log("[o] Our CA Info: " + certInfo.getSubjectDN());

	    // Create a KeyStore containing our trusted CAs
	    console.log("[+] Creating a KeyStore for our CA...");
	    var keyStoreType = KeyStore.getDefaultType();
	    var keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance(keyStoreType);
	    keyStore.load(null, null);
	    keyStore.setCertificateEntry("ca", ca);
	    
	    // Create a TrustManager that trusts the CAs in our KeyStore
	    console.log("[+] Creating a TrustManager that trusts the CA in our KeyStore...");
	    var tmfAlgorithm = TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm();
	    var tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(tmfAlgorithm);
	    tmf.init(keyStore);
	    console.log("[+] Our TrustManager is ready...");

	    console.log("[+] Hijacking SSLContext methods now...")
	    console.log("[-] Waiting for the app to invoke SSLContext.init()...")

	   	SSLContext.init.overload("[Ljavax.net.ssl.KeyManager;", "[Ljavax.net.ssl.TrustManager;", "java.security.SecureRandom").implementation = function(a,b,c) {
	   		console.log("[o] App invoked javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.init...");
	   		SSLContext.init.overload("[Ljavax.net.ssl.KeyManager;", "[Ljavax.net.ssl.TrustManager;", "java.security.SecureRandom").call(this, a, tmf.getTrustManagers(), c);
	   		console.log("[+] SSLContext initialized with our custom TrustManager!");
	   	}
    });
},0);

Using the Corellium API

To disable SSL pinning, use the disableSSLPinning() method.

await agent.disableSSLPinning();

To re-enable SSL pinning afterward, use the enableSSLPinning() method.

await agent.enableSSLPinning();

Alternatively, you can use the isSSLPinningEnabled() method which returns a boolean to check the current state.

await agent.isSSLPinningEnabled();