National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-4804
Original release date:06/09/2011
Last revised:10/27/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The Android browser in Android before 2.3.4 allows remote attackers to obtain SD card contents via crafted content:// URIs, related to (1) BrowserActivity.java and (2) BrowserSettings.java in com/android/browser/.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.slashgear.com/android-data-theft-exploit-to-be-plugged-in-gingerbread-video-24116054/
External Source: BID
Name: 48256
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/jiang/nexuss.html
External Source: MISC
Name: http://thomascannon.net/blog/2010/11/android-data-stealing-vulnerability/
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Browser.git;a=commit;h=604a598e1e01bda781600a45e0a971898a582666
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=commit;h=f440831d76817e837164ca18c7705e81d2391f87
Technical Details
- Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)