Get device model, Android version, screen, battery, IP, and serial.
AI agents call adb_device_info to retrieve information from ADB MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only queries and retrieves static or status information from an Android device. It performs no modifications, executions, deletions, or financial operations. While the broader ADB server has dangerous capabilities (shell execution, file transfer), this specific tool is purely informational.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it retrieves device information: 'Get device model, Android version, screen, battery, IP, and serial.' These are read-only queries with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get device model, Android version, screen, battery, IP, and serial. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ADB MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ADB MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for adb_device_info: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches ADB MCP Server. Nothing to install.
adb_device_info is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the adb_device_info rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for adb_device_info. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
adb_device_info is provided by the ADB MCP Server MCP server (lll-404/adb-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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