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FKIE_CVE-2016-9473

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-28 02:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:56
Severity
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
support@hackerone.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97155Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
support@hackerone.comhttps://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017010042Exploit, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://github.com/brave/browser-ios/pull/504Broken Link
support@hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/175958Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97155Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017010042Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/brave/browser-ios/pull/504Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/175958Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
brave browser *
brave browser *
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    },
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:56:08.363",
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