Rule Document 1:66968

Rule Category

BROWSER-CHROME -- Snort has detected suspicious traffic known to exploit vulnerabilities present in the Chrome browser. These rules are separate from the "browser-webkit" category; while it uses the Webkit rendering engine, there's a lot of other features to create a secondary Chrome category.

Alert Message

BROWSER-CHROME Google Chromium V8 type confusion attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for a known proof-of-concept that weaponizes a type confusion vulnerability in Google Chromium.

What To Look For

This rule alerts on a specially crafted HTML/JavaScript document that exploits a type confusion vulnerability in Google Chromium v8.

Known Usage

Attacks/Scans seen in the wild

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

MITRE::ATT&CK Framework::Enterprise::Execution::User Execution::Malicious File

An adversary may rely upon a user opening a malicious file in order to gain execution. Users may be subjected to social engineering to get them to open a file that will lead to code execution. This user action will typically be observed as follow-on behavior from Spearphishing Attachment. Adversaries may use several types of files that require a user to execute them, including .doc, .pdf, .xls, .rtf, .scr, .exe, .lnk, .pif, and .cpl.

MITRE::ATT&CK Framework::Enterprise::Initial Access::Drive-by Compromise

Rule Categories::Browser::Chrome

Vendors + Products::Fedora Project::Fedora Linux

Vulnerability::Severity::Critical

Vendors + Products::Google::Chrome

Vulnerability::Severity::High

CVE

CVE-2024-4947

Additional Links

issues.chromium.org/issues/340221135

Rule Vulnerability

Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption is any vulnerability that allows the modification of the content of memory locations in a way not intended by the developer. Memory corruption results are inconsistent; they could lead to fatal errors and system crashes or data leakage; some have no effect at all.

CVE Additional Information

This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

CVE-2024-4947

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