Vulnerability in Google Android API
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.385 (98.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.414 · newest: 0.385 · change: -0.029
Affected products
- Google Android API — versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf (Exploit)
- www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9 (mailing-list)
- support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6421
- 50.56.33.56/blog/
- developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES.html
- developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html
- jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN62161191/index.html (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-6636?
- CVE-2012-6636 is a vulnerability in Google Android API, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-03-03.
- Is CVE-2012-6636 known to be exploited?
- 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.