CVE-2014-6041

medium

Published 2014-09-02 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

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.

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.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

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

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_gather/android_stock_browser_uxss rank 300

Android Open Source Platform (AOSP) Browser UXSS

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

auxiliary_admin/android/google_play_store_uxss_xframe_rce rank 300

Android Browser RCE Through Google Play Store XFO

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

auxiliary_gather/android_object_tag_webview_uxss rank 300

Android Open Source Platform (AOSP) Browser UXSS

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	android_browser	`4.2.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.