Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim to crafted website
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DeliveryPage enters fullscreen while app backgrounded
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ExploitApp omits fullscreen notification on resume
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ExecutionRender fake address bar over content
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ImpactUser misled about origin, submits credentials
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security UI security representation
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the victim to be running Arc Search for Android at a version before 1.12.10 and to visit an attacker-crafted webpage that programmatically enters fullscreen mode WHILE the app is in the background; the missing fullscreen-notification-on-return-from-background is the specific trigger. Limiting factors: the attacker cannot force this silently - the CVSS UI:R reflects that the user must load the malicious page and then be deceived by the spoofed UI (e.g., fake address bar), and the app must be transitioned to background and back for the notification-suppression condition to occur. There is no confidentiality or availability impact and no code execution; the payoff depends entirely on the user acting on the spoofed origin (phishing). |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N, base 7.4) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated UI-spoofing flaw (CWE-451) requiring victim interaction - the user must open an attacker-controlled site while Arc Search is backgrounded. The I:H/S:C weighting is what drives the score into the HIGH band; this is an integrity/deception issue, not code execution, so C:N and A:N are correct and the real-world impact is limited to convincing phishing/UI-spoofing rather than device compromise. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV entry, and no SSVC decision data were provided, so automatability and exploitation-maturity signals are absent. A HackerOne report (#3572193) and a vendor security bulletin exist, but neither is confirmed to contain weaponized exploit code - no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Net assessment: a legitimate but moderate-priority issue - the HIGH CVSS overstates urgency because impact is confined to user deception, exploitation depends on a specific background-state race plus user interaction, and the affected product (Arc Search for Android) has a small deployment footprint. The 'Information Disclosure' tag is misleading (see data_quality_flags): CWE-451 is UI misrepresentation/spoofing with I:H, not confidentiality loss. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker hosts a crafted webpage that triggers fullscreen mode while Arc Search for Android (before 1.12.10) is running in the background; because the app fails to render the fullscreen notification on return from background, the page can draw fake UI elements such as a spoofed address bar. The victim reopens the browser, sees attacker-controlled content masquerading as a trusted origin (e.g., a bank login), and enters credentials into the phishing overlay. A private HackerOne report exists but no public weaponized exploit was provided. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 23, 2026
UI spoofing in Arc Search for Android before 1.12.10 lets an unauthenticated remote attacker use a crafted webpage that enters fullscreen while the app is backgrounded to suppress the return-from-background fullscreen notification and render fake browser UI, such as a spoofed address bar. The victim must visit the attacker-controlled page and be deceived by the spoofed origin, so exploitation requires user interaction and carries no confidentiality or availability impact, though integrity impact is high for phishing. No CISA KEV listing or public exploit code was identified at time of analysis; CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N).
RemediationAI
Upgrade Arc Search for Android to version 1.12.10 or later, which is the fixed version identified by the advisory range and the vendor bulletin at https://arc.net/security/bulletins#cve-2026-94183-address-bar-spoof-risk-missing-fullscreen-notification-on-return-from-background. If immediate upgrade is not possible, reduce exposure by avoiding untrusted links in Arc Search after the app has been backgrounded, treating any address bar shown after returning from the background as untrustworthy, and using a different browser for sensitive authentication or payment pages until the app is updated; these are mitigations, not fixes, and do not eliminate the UI-spoofing risk. Review the HackerOne report at https://hackerone.com/reports/3572193 for additional technical detail; no other patch version is provided in the available data.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Arc Search is an Android browser from The Browser Company of New York. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:the_browser_company_of_new_york:arc_search:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, which identifies the product family; the advisory narrows the vulnerable range to builds before 1.12.10. The root cause is CWE-451, User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information. Android browsers normally display a fullscreen notification when a page enters fullscreen mode, which prevents a malicious page from hiding the browser chrome and spoofing an address bar. In this case, the app fails to present that notification when returning from the background, allowing a crafted site to render misleading UI elements. The CVSS vector shows a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated issue requiring user interaction (UI:R), with scope change (S:C), high integrity impact (I:H), and no confidentiality or availability impact (C:N/A:N); there is no code execution in the assessment.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Remote crafted page (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N) but user must load it and be deceived (UI:R); spoofed origin crosses the browser's trust boundary (S:C) yielding integrity impact only (I:H, C:N/A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (BCNY).
CVSS VectorVendor: BCNY
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Arc Search for Android before version 1.12.10 does not display a fullscreen notification when a page enters fullscreen mode while the app is running in the background. A remote attacker can exploit this via a specially crafted website to render fake UI elements, such as a spoofed address bar, misleading the user about the origin of displayed content and increasing the risk of phishing.
Executive ViewAI
Arc Search for Android versions prior to 1.12.10 contain a UI spoofing vulnerability that can be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker through a crafted webpage, though successful exploitation requires a user to visit the page. The primary risk is convincing phishing via fake browser UI, which could lead to credential theft and damage to user trust in corporate mobile browsing. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and no vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, so leadership should direct interim mitigations.
Restrict or block Arc Search for Android via MDM, disable fullscreen background behavior where possible, educate users to verify URLs and avoid credential entry on fullscreen prompts, enforce phishing-resistant MFA, and monitor for suspicious domains.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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EUVD-2026-85570
GHSA-ccw9-37r6-r7rx
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