High-risk vulnerability in Android devices discovered by Positive Technologies

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High-risk vulnerability in Android devices discovered by Positive Technologies
March 20, 2019
https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/ab...-devices-discovered-by-positive-technologies/

Longstanding flaw allows attackers to access sensitive information on all Android devices including browser history, chat messages, and bank applications. The bug was fixed in Google Chrome 72, users need to check if they've got a fixed version or not.
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Positive Technologies researcher Sergey Toshin has discovered a critical vulnerability in all versions of Android since version 4.4. The bug was found in the WebView component. With it, an attacker could use installed malware or instant apps to gain access to the personal data of Android users.

The severity of the vulnerability (CVE-2019-5765) was ranked by Google as High.

WebView is an Android component that allows web pages to be displayed inside Android apps. The vulnerability was detected in the Chromium engine, which powers WebView on Android versions 4.4 and later. The vulnerability threatens users of Chromium-based mobile browsers, including Google Chrome, Samsung Internet Browser, and Yandex Browser.
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