Improper Restriction of URL Information in Android PAC Feature

Improper Restriction of URL Information in Android PAC Feature

CVE-2016-3763 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

net/PacProxySelector.java in the Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) feature in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, aka internal bug 27593919.

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