What is CVE-2016-8503?

CVE-2016-8503 is a high-severity vulnerability in Yandex Browser, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2016-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-8503?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Yandex Browser

CVE-2016-8503

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.

EPSS: 0.010 (59.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Yandex Yandex_browser — versions 16.7.0.3342, 16.7.1.20808, 16.9.1.1131
Yandex N.v. Browser For Desktop — versions 16.7 to 16.9 for Windows and OSx.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

browser-security@yandex-team.ru (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
browser-security@yandex-team.ru (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8503?: CVE-2016-8503 is a high-severity vulnerability in Yandex Browser, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2016-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-8503?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.