Security Features in Yandex Browser - CVE-2016-8503
Published: October 26, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40070
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8503
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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.
Affected software
Yandex Browser
How to mitigate CVE-2016-8503
Install update from vendor's website.