List all current boxes belonging to this API Key.
AI agents call list_boxes to retrieve information from Android Tester MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool queries and returns information about existing Android devices/emulators (boxes) without modifying, deleting, or executing operations on them. This is a read-only operation with minimal security impact. Severity is low because listing accessible resources poses minimal risk compared to execution, modification, or destruction capabilities.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_boxes' and description 'List all current boxes belonging to this API Key' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all current boxes belonging to this API Key. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Android Tester MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Android Tester MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_boxes: 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 Android Tester MCP. Nothing to install.
list_boxes 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 list_boxes 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 list_boxes. 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.
list_boxes is provided by the Android Tester MCP server (zhenweiwang1990/android-tester-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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