CVE-2017-8459 json
Brave 0.12.4 has a Status Bar Obfuscation issue in which a redirection target is shown in a possibly unexpected way.
published 2017-05-03 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17409
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/175701 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- brave brave
References
-
hackerone.com
/reports/175701
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-8459
- NVD CVE-2017-8459
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