diff --git a/src/utils/CertificateProvider.js b/src/utils/CertificateProvider.js
index 04b48e444..ee2f4fcd6 100644
--- a/src/utils/CertificateProvider.js
+++ b/src/utils/CertificateProvider.js
@@ -331,11 +331,7 @@ export default class CertificateProvider {
     csr: string,
   ): Promise<boolean> {
     return androidUtil
-      .executeCommandAsApp(
-        deviceId,
-        processName,
-        `cat ${directory + csrFileName}`,
-      )
+      .pull(deviceId, processName, directory + csrFileName)
       .then(deviceCsr => {
         return this.santitizeString(deviceCsr.toString()) === csr;
       });
diff --git a/src/utils/androidContainerUtility.js b/src/utils/androidContainerUtility.js
index 2577e89a9..da1455c77 100644
--- a/src/utils/androidContainerUtility.js
+++ b/src/utils/androidContainerUtility.js
@@ -4,58 +4,37 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  * @format
  */
-import {getAdbClient} from './adbClient';
-const adbkit = require('adbkit-fb');
-
-const logTag = 'androidContainerUtility';
-const appNotDebuggableRegex = /debuggable/;
-const allowedAppNameRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._\-]+$/;
-const operationNotPermittedRegex = /not permitted/;
-
-const adb = getAdbClient();
-
-export function executeCommandAsApp(
-  deviceId: string,
-  app: string,
-  command: string,
-): Promise<string> {
-  if (!app.match(allowedAppNameRegex)) {
-    return Promise.reject(new Error(`Disallowed run-as user: ${app}`));
-  }
-  if (command.match(/[']/)) {
-    return Promise.reject(new Error(`Disallowed escaping command: ${command}`));
-  }
-  return adb
-    .then(client =>
-      client.shell(deviceId, `echo '${command}' | run-as '${app}'`),
-    )
-    .then(adbkit.util.readAll)
-    .then(buffer => buffer.toString())
-    .then(output => {
-      if (output.match(appNotDebuggableRegex)) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Android app ${app} is not debuggable. To use it with Flipper, add android:debuggable="true" to the application section of AndroidManifest.xml`,
-        );
-      }
-      if (output.toLowerCase().match(operationNotPermittedRegex)) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Your android device (${deviceId}) does not support the adb shell run-as command. We're tracking this at https://github.com/facebook/flipper/issues/92`,
-        );
-      }
-      return output;
-    });
-}
+import {
+  validateAppName,
+  validateFilePath,
+  validateFileContent,
+  _push,
+  _pull,
+} from './androidContainerUtilityInternal';
 
 export function push(
   deviceId: string,
   app: string,
-  filename: string,
+  filepath: string,
   contents: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  console.debug(`Deploying ${filename} to ${deviceId}:${app}`, logTag);
-  return executeCommandAsApp(
-    deviceId,
-    app,
-    `echo "${contents}" > ${filename} && chmod 600 ${filename}`,
-  ).then(output => undefined);
+  return validateAppName(app).then(validApp =>
+    validateFilePath(filepath).then(validFilepath =>
+      validateFileContent(contents).then(validContent =>
+        _push(deviceId, validApp, validFilepath, validContent),
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+export function pull(
+  deviceId: string,
+  app: string,
+  path: string,
+): Promise<string> {
+  return validateAppName(app).then(validApp =>
+    validateFilePath(path).then(validPath =>
+      _pull(deviceId, validApp, validPath),
+    ),
+  );
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/androidContainerUtilityInternal.js b/src/utils/androidContainerUtilityInternal.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01fa5ac5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/androidContainerUtilityInternal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2018-present Facebook.
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ * @format
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This file is intentionally separate from androidContainerUtility so the
+ * opaque types will ensure the commands are only ever run on validated
+ * arguments.
+ */
+import {getAdbClient} from './adbClient';
+const adbkit = require('adbkit-fb');
+
+const allowedAppNameRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._\-]+$/;
+const appNotDebuggableRegex = /debuggable/;
+const operationNotPermittedRegex = /not permitted/;
+const logTag = 'androidContainerUtility';
+
+const adb = getAdbClient();
+
+export opaque type AppName = string;
+export opaque type Command = string;
+export opaque type FilePath = string;
+export opaque type FileContent = string;
+
+export function validateAppName(app: string): Promise<AppName> {
+  if (app.match(allowedAppNameRegex)) {
+    return Promise.resolve(app);
+  }
+  return Promise.reject(new Error(`Disallowed run-as user: ${app}`));
+}
+
+export function validateFilePath(filePath: string): Promise<FilePath> {
+  if (!filePath.match(/[']/)) {
+    return Promise.resolve(filePath);
+  }
+  return Promise.reject(new Error(`Disallowed escaping filepath: ${filePath}`));
+}
+
+export function validateFileContent(content: string): Promise<FileContent> {
+  if (!content.match(/["]/)) {
+    return Promise.resolve(content);
+  }
+  return Promise.reject(
+    new Error(`Disallowed escaping file content: ${content}`),
+  );
+}
+
+export function _push(
+  deviceId: string,
+  app: AppName,
+  filename: FilePath,
+  contents: FileContent,
+): Promise<void> {
+  console.debug(`Deploying ${filename} to ${deviceId}:${app}`, logTag);
+  return executeCommandAsApp(
+    deviceId,
+    app,
+    `echo "${contents}" > '${filename}' && chmod 600 '${filename}'`,
+  ).then(output => undefined);
+}
+
+export function _pull(
+  deviceId: string,
+  app: AppName,
+  path: FilePath,
+): Promise<string> {
+  return executeCommandAsApp(deviceId, app, `cat '${path}'`);
+}
+
+// Keep this method private since it relies on pre-validated arguments
+function executeCommandAsApp(
+  deviceId: string,
+  app: string,
+  command: string,
+): Promise<string> {
+  return adb
+    .then(client =>
+      client.shell(deviceId, `echo '${command}' | run-as '${app}'`),
+    )
+    .then(adbkit.util.readAll)
+    .then(buffer => buffer.toString())
+    .then(output => {
+      if (output.match(appNotDebuggableRegex)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Android app ${app} is not debuggable. To use it with Flipper, add android:debuggable="true" to the application section of AndroidManifest.xml`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (output.toLowerCase().match(operationNotPermittedRegex)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Your android device (${deviceId}) does not support the adb shell run-as command. We're tracking this at https://github.com/facebook/flipper/issues/92`,
+        );
+      }
+      return output;
+    });
+}