PT-2017-18349 · Brave · Brave

Published 2017-05-03 · Updated 2024-08-05 · CVE-2017-8459

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Brave version 0.12.4

Description The issue concerns a Status Bar Obfuscation problem where a redirection target is displayed in a potentially unexpected manner. This behavior might have legitimate uses, such as in the display of web-search results, which is why some third parties dispute this issue.

Recommendations For Brave version 0.12.4, consider restricting the display of redirection targets in the status bar to minimize potential confusion until a more definitive resolution is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8459

Affected Products

Brave

References · 5

• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/175701 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8459 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8459 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/84547 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89244 · Telegram Post