# CVE-2010-4804: The Android browser in Android before 2.3.4 allows remote attackers to obtain SD card contents via crafted content:// URIs, related to (1) B

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2011-06-09 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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/.

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## References

- 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/packages/apps/Browser.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=604a598e1e01bda781600a45e0a971898a582666
- http://thomascannon.net/blog/2010/11/android-data-stealing-vulnerability/
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f440831d76817e837164ca18c7705e81d2391f87
- http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/jiang/nexuss.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18164
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/android_htmlfileprovider.rb
- https://github.com/thomascannon/android-cve-2010-4804

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