CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-2357
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-08-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Cross-application scripting vulnerability in the Browser URL loading functionality in Android 2.3.4 and 3.1 allows local applications to bypass the sandbox and execute arbitrary Javascript in arbitrary domains by (1) causing the MAX_TAB number of tabs to be opened, then loading a URI to the targeted domain into the current tab, or (2) making two startActivity function calls beginning with the targeted domain's URI followed by the malicious Javascript while the UI focus is still associated with the targeted domain.
Affected configurations
• google android 2.3.4
• google android 3.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/cts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7e48fb87d48d27e65942b53b7918288c8d740e17 android.git.kernel.org
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Browser.git%3B%20a=commit%3Bh=096bae248453abe83cbb2e5a2c744bd62cdb620b android.git.kernel.org
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Browser.git%3B%20a=commit%3Bh=afa4ab1e4c1d645e34bd408ce04cadfd2e5dae1e android.git.kernel.org
- http://blog.watchfire.com/files/advisory-android-browser.pdf blog.watchfire.com
- http://blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2011/08/android-browser-cross-application-scripting-cve-2011-2357.html blog.watchfire.com
- http://osvdb.org/74260 osvdb.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Aug/9 seclists.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45457 secunia.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8335 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025881 securitytracker.com
- http://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/projects/android-vuln/ www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de
- http://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/projects/android-vuln/android_xss.pdf www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519146/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48954 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68937 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/cts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7e48fb87d48d27e65942b53b7918288c8d740e17 android.git.kernel.org
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Browser.git%3B%20a=commit%3Bh=096bae248453abe83cbb2e5a2c744bd62cdb620b android.git.kernel.org
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Browser.git%3B%20a=commit%3Bh=afa4ab1e4c1d645e34bd408ce04cadfd2e5dae1e android.git.kernel.org
- http://blog.watchfire.com/files/advisory-android-browser.pdf blog.watchfire.com
- http://blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2011/08/android-browser-cross-application-scripting-cve-2011-2357.html blog.watchfire.com
- http://osvdb.org/74260 osvdb.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Aug/9 seclists.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45457 secunia.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8335 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025881 securitytracker.com
- http://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/projects/android-vuln/ www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de
- http://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/projects/android-vuln/android_xss.pdf www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519146/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48954 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68937 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com