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CVE-2012-4903

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Severity5Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.76 %higher than 55% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Google Chrome before 18.0.1025308 on Android does not properly restrict access to file: URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by obtaining credential data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4906.

CVSS

Base score
5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.76 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
55
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Chrome

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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