CVE-2010-4804

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Android browser in Android before 2.3.4 allows remote attackers to obtain SD card contents via crafted content:// URIs, related to (1) BrowserActivity.java and (2) BrowserSettings.java in com/android/browser/.

Affected products

Android: through 2.3.3; 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2-rev1, 2.2.1 (+2)

References

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f440831d76817e837164ca18c7705e81d2391f87
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Browser.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=604a598e1e01bda781600a45e0a971898a582666
http://thomascannon.net/blog/2010/11/android-data-stealing-vulnerability/
http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/jiang/nexuss.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48256
http://www.slashgear.com/android-data-theft-exploit-to-be-plugged-in-gingerbread-video-24116054/
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f440831d76817e837164ca18c7705e81d2391f87
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Browser.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=604a598e1e01bda781600a45e0a971898a582666
http://thomascannon.net/blog/2010/11/android-data-stealing-vulnerability/
http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/jiang/nexuss.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48256
http://www.slashgear.com/android-data-theft-exploit-to-be-plugged-in-gingerbread-video-24116054/

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