National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-5179
Original release date:12/26/2012
Last revised:01/21/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The Boat Browser application before 4.2 and Boat Browser Mini application before 3.9 for Android do not properly implement the WebView class, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: JVNDB
Name: JVNDB-2012-000111
External Source: JVN
Name: JVN#69589791
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)