CVE-2016-8503 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Yandex Protect Anti-phishing warning in Yandex Browser for desktop from version 16.7 to 16.9 could be used by remote attacker for brute-forcing passwords from important web-resource with special JavaScript.

Published: 2016-10-26

Score: 7.3 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Yandex N.V.

Yandex Browser for desktop

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.7 to 16.9 for Windows and OSx.`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:yandex:yandex_browser:16.7.0.3342:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yandex:yandex_browser:16.7.1.20808:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yandex:yandex_browser:16.9.1.1131:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-9351	Yandex Protect Anti-phishing warning in Yandex Browser for desktop from version 16.7 to 16.9 could be used by remote attacker for brute-forcing passwords from important web-resource with special JavaScript.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00194.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93921
https://browser.yandex.com/security/changelogs/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Yandex Yandex Browser

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: yandex

Published: 2016-10-26T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:39.638Z

Reserved: 2016-10-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8503

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-26T18:59:04.190

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-8503

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-254

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