GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-gwpf-62xp-vrg6 Information Exposure in cordova-android

HIGH Published 2020-09-11 Modified 2021-09-28 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-6799
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
cordova-android
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-532
Reviewed
2020-08-31

Affected packages

• npm cordova-android: < 6.0.0 → fixed in 6.0.0

Description

Versions of `cordova-android` prior to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Information Exposure through log files. The application calls methods of the Log class. Messages passed to these methods (Log.v(), Log.d(), Log.i(), Log.w(), and Log.e()) are stored in a series of circular buffers on the device. By default, a maximum of four 16 KB rotated logs are kept in addition to the current log. The logged data can be read using Logcat on the device. When using platforms prior to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), the log data is not sandboxed per application; any application installed on the device has the capability to read data logged by other applications. Recommendation Upgrade to version 6.0.0 or later.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-6799 Product: Apache Cordova Android 5.2.2 and earlier. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File weakness

References