CVE-2022-28872
Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability in F-Secure SAFE Browser for Android
A vulnerability affecting F-Secure SAFE browser was discovered. A maliciously crafted website could make a phishing attack with address bar spoofing as the address bar was not correct if navigation fails in a loop.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability in F-Secure SAFE Browser for Android
A vulnerability affecting F-Secure SAFE browser was discovered. A maliciously crafted website could make a phishing attack with address bar spoofing as the address bar was not correct if navigation fails in a loop.
- Record
CVE-2022-28872- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-33309
A vulnerability affecting F-Secure SAFE browser was discovered. A maliciously crafted website could make a phishing attack with address bar spoofing as the address bar was not correct if navigation fails in a loop.
- Record
EUVD-2022-33309- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hgpm-h2w2-5mvx
A vulnerability affecting F-Secure SAFE browser was discovered. A maliciously crafted website...
A vulnerability affecting F-Secure SAFE browser was discovered. A maliciously crafted website could make a phishing attack with address bar spoofing as the address bar was not correct if navigation fails in a loop.
- Record
GHSA-hgpm-h2w2-5mvx- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability affecting F-Secure SAFE browser was discovered. A maliciously crafted website could make a phishing attack with address bar spoofing as the address bar was not correct if navigation fails in a loop.
- Record
CVE-2022-28872- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-28872 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in F-secure Safe, published May 12, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.