CVE-2016-9473

Exp

Brave Browser iOS before 1.2.18 and Brave Browser Android 1.9.56 and earlier suffer from Full Address Bar Spoofing, allowing attackers to trick a victim by displaying a malicious page for legitimate domain names.

Published: 2017-03-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-9473 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.93%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.28% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-9473

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-9473

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.66% 1.93% +1.28%
2 2026-03-04 0.43% 0.66% +0.23%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.43% —

Full EPSS history (36 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-9473

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.7 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 1.4 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-9473

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-9473

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
brave browser < 1.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:brave:browser:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*
brave browser < 1.9.56 cpe:2.3:a:brave:browser:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

References for CVE-2016-9473

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97155 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017010042 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/brave/browser-ios/pull/504 Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/175958 Exploit Vendor Advisory
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