Brave Browser up to 1.18.35 Desktop's Privacy-Preserving Analytics System cleartext storage

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A vulnerability was found in Brave Browser up to 1.18.35 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Desktop's Privacy-Preserving Analytics System. The manipulation results in cleartext storage. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-8276. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Brave Browser up to 1.18.35. Affected is an unknown code of the component Desktop's Privacy-Preserving Analytics System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 11/09/2020. The advisory is shared for download at hackerone.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-8276. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1555.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Brave

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• Browser

Version

• 1.18.0
• 1.18.1
• 1.18.2
• 1.18.3
• 1.18.4
• 1.18.5
• 1.18.6
• 1.18.7
• 1.18.8
• 1.18.9
• 1.18.10
• 1.18.11
• 1.18.12
• 1.18.13
• 1.18.14
• 1.18.15
• 1.18.16
• 1.18.17
• 1.18.18
• 1.18.19
• 1.18.20
• 1.18.21
• 1.18.22
• 1.18.23
• 1.18.24
• 1.18.25
• 1.18.26
• 1.18.27
• 1.18.28
• 1.18.29
• 1.18.30
• 1.18.31
• 1.18.32
• 1.18.33
• 1.18.34
• 1.18.35

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