CVE-2012-4906

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-09-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Google Chrome before 18.0.1025308 on Android does not properly restrict access to file: URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by obtaining credential data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4903.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 18.0.1025306

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/chrome-for-android-update.html
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=144820
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/chrome-for-android-update.html
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=144820

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