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CVE-2012-6636

The Android API before 17 does not properly restrict the WebView.addJavascriptInterface method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary methods of Java objects by using the Java Reflection API within crafted JavaScript code that is loaded into the WebView component in an application targeted to API level 16 or earlier, a related issue to CVE-2013-4710.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-6636 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from google organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-03-03T04:50:46.173

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	google	android_api	≤ 16.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	1.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	2.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	3.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	4.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	5.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	6.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	7.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	8.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	9.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	10.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	11.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	12.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	13.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	14.0	Yes
Application	google	android_api	15.0	Yes

References

http://50.56.33.56/blog/?p=314 ([email protected])
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES.html#JELLY_BEAN_MR1 ([email protected])
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html#addJavascriptInterface%28java.lang.Object%2C%20java.lang.String%29 ([email protected])
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN62161191/index.html ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9 ([email protected])
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3 ([email protected])
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6421 ([email protected])
http://50.56.33.56/blog/?p=314 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES.html#JELLY_BEAN_MR1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html#addJavascriptInterface%28java.lang.Object%2C%20java.lang.String%29 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN62161191/index.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6421 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For google's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.