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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2020-16873

Change History

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/31/2023 5:15:52 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1 

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
Microsoft Corporation AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

								
								
					

					

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						Description
						
							
							
								
							
								
A spoofing vulnerability manifests in Microsoft Xamarin.Forms due to the default settings on Android WebView version prior to 83.0.4103.106, aka 'Xamarin.Forms Spoofing Vulnerability'.

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
<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>