CVE-2016-8508

moderate-risk
Published 2017-03-01

Yandex Browser for desktop before 17.1.1.227 does not show Protect (similar to Safebrowsing in Chromium) warnings in web-sites with special content-type, which could be used by remote attacker for prevention Protect warning on own malicious web-site.

Do I need to act?

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0.25% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Yandex

References (4)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96514
Vendor Advisory https://yandex.com/blog/security-changelogs/fixed-in-version-17-1
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96514
Vendor Advisory https://yandex.com/blog/security-changelogs/fixed-in-version-17-1
30
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal