Medium severity · published May 3, 2017
CVE-2017-8459
Brave 0.12.4 has a Status Bar Obfuscation issue in which a redirection target is shown in a possibly unexpected way
5.3
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Brave 0.12.4 has a Status Bar Obfuscation issue in which a redirection target is shown in a possibly unexpected way. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it is a behavior that might have legitimate applications in (for example) the display of web-search results
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BR
Brave · Brave
0.12.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8459
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8459
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/175701
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