Brave Browser 1.2.16/1.9.56 Address Bar authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Brave Browser 1.2.16/1.9.56. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Address Bar. This manipulation causes authentication spoofing. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Brave Browser 1.2.16/1.9.56. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Address Bar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was released 01/08/2017 as EDB-ID 40994 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:

Brave Browser Suffers from Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability. Address Bar spoofing is a critical vulnerability in which any attacker can spoof the address bar to a legit looking website but the content of the web-page remains different from the Address-Bar display of the site.

A public exploit has been developed by Aaditya Purani in HTML/Javascript and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The code used by the exploit is:

<html>
<title>Address Bar spoofing Brave</title>
<h1> This is Dummy Facebook </h1>
<form>
Email: <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="add email"><br>
Password: <input type="text" name="password" placeholder="pass">
<script>
function f()
{
location = "https://facebook.com"
}
setInterval("f()", 10);
</script>
</html>

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (40994). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Aaditya Purani
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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07/16/2020 +1284 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: EDB-ID 40994
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95101
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/09/2017 09:05
Updated: 07/16/2020 14:11
Changes: 01/09/2017 09:05 (46), 07/16/2020 14:11 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:A96:103

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