Actually the browser somewhat does matter. When testing with chrome, an iframe that contains a "tel:" address which can trigger a phone call does not get parsed automatically. You must click on a link which has this as a target, which is the expected/anticipated use case.
Also, part of the issue as outlined at ekoparty is that the customized Samsung dialer, not the stock android one, automatically dials these tel: intents that it receives. Thus makings a stock browser, which will automatically parse an iframe tel: link, combined with an unpatched Samsung dialer result in an unsafe state. >From what I've gathered from some tests and what other people are reporting is Samsung has rolled out a fix, and it appears to be trickling out to carriers at this time. Unlocked/non-carrier devices and AT&T devices, I can confirm are patched/updatable. On Sep 25, 2012 3:34 PM, "Sebastian Perez" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alexey, > > Does not matter what browser do you have, the vulnerability does not > exploit browser's vulnerabilities. This is an Android vulnerability that > execute USSD codes that can be loaded from a webpage. > > Seba > > "0 be 1 can not be" > "El verdadero hombre inteligente es el que aparenta ser pelotudo delante > de un pelotudo que aparenta ser inteligente" > > > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Alexey Eromenko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are all web browsers affected? >> Or only Android browser? How about Chrome or Firefox? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Security Discussions" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Security Discussions" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
