CVE-2012-6636
The Android API before 17 does not properly restrict the WebView.addJavascriptInterface method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary methods of Java objects by using the Java Reflection API within crafted JavaScript code that is loaded…
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Description
The Android API before 17 does not properly restrict the WebView.addJavascriptInterface method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary methods of Java objects by using the Java Reflection API within crafted JavaScript code that is loaded into the WebView component in an application targeted to API level 16 or earlier, a related issue to CVE-2013-4710.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 41.36% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- google/android api
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://50.56.33.56/blog/?p=314
- http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES.html#JELLY_BEAN_MR1
- http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html#addJavascriptInterface%28java.lang.Object%2C%20java.lang.String%29
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN62161191/index.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdfExploit
- http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6421
- http://50.56.33.56/blog/?p=314
- http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES.html#JELLY_BEAN_MR1
- http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html#addJavascriptInterface%28java.lang.Object%2C%20java.lang.String%29
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN62161191/index.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdfExploit
- http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6421
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.