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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2020-16873 Spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Xamarin.

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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2020-16873 Spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Xamarin.

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/11/2020
Created
10/06/2020
Added
10/05/2020
Modified
01/03/2024

Description

<p>A spoofing vulnerability manifests in Microsoft Xamarin.Forms due to the default settings on Android WebView version prior to 83.0.4103.106. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary Javascript code on a target system.</p> <p>For the attack to be successful, the targeted user would need to browse to a malicious website or a website serving the malicious code through Xamarin.Forms.</p> <p>The security update addresses this vulnerability by preventing the malicious Javascript from running in the WebView.</p>

Solution(s)

  • google-chrome-upgrade-latest

References

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