CVE-2020-16873: Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

September 11, 2020 (updated September 17, 2020)

A spoofing vulnerability manifests in Microsoft Xamarin.Forms due to the default settings on Android WebView, aka ‘Xamarin.Forms Spoofing Vulnerability’.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16873
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16873

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