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FKIE_CVE-2022-28873

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-05-12 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:39

Severity

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Summary

A vulnerability affecting F-Secure SAFE browser was discovered. An attacker can potentially exploit Javascript window.open functionality in SAFE Browser which could lead address bar spoofing attacks.

References

URL	Tags
cve-notifications-us@f-secure.com	https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/support/security-advisories	Vendor Advisory
cve-notifications-us@f-secure.com	https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/support/security-advisories/cve-2022-28873	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/support/security-advisories	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/support/security-advisories/cve-2022-28873	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	f-secure	safe	*

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CVE-2022-28873 (GCVE-0-2022-28873)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-12 11:16 – Updated: 2024-08-03 06:03

Title

Multiple Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability in F-Secure SAFE Browser for Android

Summary

A vulnerability affecting F-Secure SAFE browser was discovered. An attacker can potentially exploit Javascript window.open functionality in SAFE Browser which could lead address bar spoofing attacks.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability

Assigner

F-SecureUS

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/support/security…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/support/security…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
F-Secure	F-Secure Mobile Security	Affected: 19.0

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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