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Speculative execution exploit Variant 4, [8] is referred to as Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), [1] [9] and has been assigned CVE-2018-3639. [7] SSB is named Variant 4, but it is the fifth variant in the Spectre-Meltdown class of vulnerabilities. [7] Steps involved in exploit: [1] "Slowly" store a value at a memory location
The victim is redirected to the landing page of the exploit kit. The exploit kit determines which vulnerabilities are present, and which exploit to deploy against the target. The exploit is deployed. If successful, a payload of the attacker's choosing (i.e. malware) can then be deployed on the target. [1] [16]
The Blackhole exploit kit was, as of 2012, the most prevalent web threat, where 29% of all web threats detected by Sophos and 91% by AVG are due to this exploit kit. [1] Its purpose is to deliver a malicious payload to a victim's computer. [ 2 ]
Similarly if a person is visiting a site with malicious content, the person may become victim to a drive-by download attack. That is, the malicious content may be able to exploit vulnerabilities in the browser or plugins to run malicious code without the user's knowledge. [3] A drive-by install (or installation) is a similar event.
The exploit using remote JavaScript follows a similar flow to that of a local machine code exploit: flush cache → mistrain branch predictor → timed reads (tracking hit / miss). The clflush instruction ( cache-line flush) cannot be used directly from JavaScript, so ensuring it is used requires another approach.
On its own, an arbitrary code execution exploit will give the attacker the same privileges as the target process that is vulnerable. [11] For example, if exploiting a flaw in a web browser, an attacker could act as the user, performing actions such as modifying personal computer files or accessing banking information, but would not be able to perform system-level actions (unless the user in ...
In internet slang, rage-baiting (also rage-farming) is the manipulative tactic of eliciting outrage with the goal of increasing internet traffic, online engagement, revenue and support. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Rage baiting or farming can be used as a tool to increase engagement, attract subscribers, followers, and supporters, which can be financially ...
The part of the source code of an exploit that implements this technique is called a heap spray. [1] In general, code that sprays the heap attempts to put a certain sequence of bytes at a predetermined location in the memory of a target process by having it allocate (large) blocks on the process's heap and fill the bytes in these blocks with ...