CVE-2016-9473 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Brave Browser iOS before 1.2.18 and Brave Browser Android 1.9.56 and earlier suffer from Full Address Bar Spoofing, allowing attackers to trick a victim by displaying a malicious page for legitimate domain names.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01211.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Brave Subscribe	Browser Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:brave:browser::::::iphone_os::*
	cpe:2.3:a:brave:browser::::::android::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-10279	Brave Browser iOS before 1.2.18 and Brave Browser Android 1.9.56 and earlier suffer from Full Address Bar Spoofing, allowing attackers to trick a victim by displaying a malicious page for legitimate domain names.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97155
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017010042
https://github.com/brave/browser-ios/pull/504
https://hackerone.com/reports/175958

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2017-03-28T02:46:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:38.697Z

Reserved: 2016-11-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9473

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-28T02:59:01.433

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-9473

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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