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    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 into the WebView component in an application targeted to API level 16 or earlier, a related issue to CVE-2013-4710.

    Published:Mar 3, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Mar 3, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.6055
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Google
    Product
    Android Api

    Exploits

    http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdfhttp://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdfhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41675https://github.com/Snip3R69/CVE-2013-4710-WebView-RCE-Vulnerabilityhttps://github.com/xckevin/AndroidWebviewInjectDemo

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    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.pdf
    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.pdf
    http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
    https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6421

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High