Apache Cordova 3.3.0 and earlier and Adobe PhoneGap 2.9.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to bypass intended device-resource restrictions of an event-based bridge via a crafted library clone that leverages IFRAME script execution and directly accesses bridge JavaScript objects, as demonstrated by certain cordova.require calls.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1882
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96
• http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
• http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3