dump_system_settings

What dump_system_settings does on Android Forensics ADB MCP Server

AI agents call dump_system_settings to retrieve information from Android Forensics ADB MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why dump_system_settings is rated Low

This tool retrieves configuration and preference data from Android system settings stores without modifying them. While categorized as Read (data retrieval with no side effects), the severity is high because system settings often contain sensitive information including authentication tokens, device identifiers, security configurations, privacy settings, and credentials that could be misused if an AI agent obtains…

From the tool's definition Tool dumps system settings (secure, system, global) from an Android device via ADB. The description explicitly indicates data retrieval with no modification: 'Dump all system settings'. No creation, modification, deletion, or external execution is described.

The rule that runs dump_system_settings safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Android Forensics ADB MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For dump_system_settings, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "dump_system_settings": {}
  }
}

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