UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6636

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6636

    Published: 3 Mar 2014Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-6636

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6636, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/03/7, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6636

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cordova-ubuntu-3.4

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~pre3.r19ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.4~pre3.r19ubuntu1

    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
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