CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-6041
5.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-09-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The Android WebView in Android before 4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted attribute containing a \u0000 character, as demonstrated by an onclick="window.open('\u0000javascript: sequence to the Android Browser application 4.2.1 or a third-party web browser.
Affected configurations
• google android browser 4.2.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.rafayhackingarticles.net/2014/08/android-browser-same-origin-policy.html Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69548 www.securityfocus.com
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/webkit/+/1368e05e8875f00e8d2529fe6050d08b55ea4d87 android.googlesource.com
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/webkit/+/7e4405a7a12750ee27325f065b9825c25b40598c android.googlesource.com
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/09/15/major-android-bug-is-a-privacy-disaster-cve-2014-6041 community.rapid7.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95693 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8321185 news.ycombinator.com
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8325807 news.ycombinator.com
- http://www.rafayhackingarticles.net/2014/08/android-browser-same-origin-policy.html Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69548 www.securityfocus.com
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/webkit/+/1368e05e8875f00e8d2529fe6050d08b55ea4d87 android.googlesource.com
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/webkit/+/7e4405a7a12750ee27325f065b9825c25b40598c android.googlesource.com
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/09/15/major-android-bug-is-a-privacy-disaster-cve-2014-6041 community.rapid7.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95693 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8321185 news.ycombinator.com
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8325807 news.ycombinator.com