CVE-2012-6636 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 38.5% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 38.46% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-03-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| android api |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Google Android 4.2 Browser and WebView - 'addJavascriptInterface' Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2012-12-21 |
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
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