CVE-2013-4710

critical

Published 2014-03-03 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Android 3.0 through 4.1.x on Disney Mobile, eAccess, KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, SoftBank, and other devices does not properly implement the WebView class, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary methods of Java objects or cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted web page, as demonstrated by use of the WebView.addJavascriptInterface method, a related issue to CVE-2012-6636.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41675 local android verified

Metasploit · 2012-12-21

Google Android 4.2 Browser and WebView - 'addJavascriptInterface' Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-31519 remote hardware verified

Metasploit · 2014-02-07

Android Browser and WebView addJavascriptInterface - Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_android/browser/webview_addjavascriptinterface rank 600

Android Browser and WebView addJavascriptInterface Code Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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