CVE-2022-38163
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A drag and drop spoof vulnerability (CVE-2022-38163) was discovered in F-Secure SAFE Browser for Android and iOS version 19.0 and below. The vulnerability was disclosed on October 28, 2022, and affected the browser's address bar functionality. The issue was reported through F-Secure's Vulnerability Reward Program (F-Secure Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability allows drag and drop operations by users on the address bar to lead to address bar spoofing. The severity of this vulnerability has been assessed as LOW with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 3.5 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to spoof the address bar, which might lead to users being misled about the website they are visiting. This could result in phishing attacks where users believe they are on a legitimate website when they are actually on a malicious one (F-Secure Advisory).

Exploitability

At the time of disclosure, there were no known exploits or attacks observed in the wild (F-Secure Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

F-Secure released version 19.2 through the automatic update channel on October 25, 2022, which addresses this vulnerability. No user action is required as the update is distributed automatically. The risk level was classified as Medium by F-Secure (F-Secure Advisory).

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