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CVE-2012-4908

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—Exploit
Severity7.5High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability3.35 %higher than 89% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

Google Chrome before 18.0.1025308 on Android allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain access to local files via vectors involving a symlink.

CVSS

Base score
7.5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
3.35 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
89
Score date
10/21/2026

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).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Chrome

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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