CAPEC-503
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Descriptions CAPEC
An adversary, through a malicious web page, accesses application specific functionality by leveraging interfaces registered through WebView's addJavascriptInterface API. Once an interface is registered to WebView through addJavascriptInterface, it becomes global and all pages loaded in the WebView can call this interface.
Informations CAPEC
Prerequisites
This type of an attack requires the adversary to convince the user to load the malicious web page inside the target application. Once loaded, the malicious web page will have the same permissions as the target application and will have access to all registered interfaces. Both the permission and the interface must be in place for the functionality to be exposed.Mitigations
To mitigate this type of an attack, an application should limit permissions to only those required and should verify the origin of all web content it loads.Related Weaknesses
| Weakness Name | |
|---|---|
CWE-284 |
Improper Access Control The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. |
References
REF-430
Attacks on WebView in the Android SystemTongbo Luo, Hao Hao, Wenliang Du, Yifei Wang, Heng Yin.
http://www.cis.syr.edu/~wedu/Research/paper/webview_acsac2011.pdf
Submission
| Name | Organization | Date | Date release |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPEC Content Team | The MITRE Corporation |
Modifications
| Name | Organization | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPEC Content Team | The MITRE Corporation | Updated Related_Weaknesses | |
| CAPEC Content Team | The MITRE Corporation | Updated Related_Attack_Patterns |
