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Author Topic: Android: Beware Old Android Browser (CVE-2014-6041)  (Read 9,069 times)

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Android: Beware Old Android Browser (CVE-2014-6041)
« on: September 17, 2014, 05:18 AM »
This looks pretty serious for folks that still use the old Android Browser (or apps that might use some of the contained code):

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...a flaw that enables malicious sites to inject JavaScript into other sites. Those malicious JavaScripts can in turn read cookies and password fields, submit forms, grab keyboard input, or do practically anything else.

via:

  http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/09/android-browser-flaw-a-privacy-disaster-for-half-of-android-users/

More at:

  https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/09/15/major-android-bug-is-a-privacy-disaster-cve-2014-6041

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