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.
BROWSER-CHROME Google Chrome PNG in TTF parsing heap overflow attempt
This vuln looks for crafted TIFF files containing malicious PNG files that will trigger a heap overflow vulnerability in Google Chrome.
This rule looks for attempts to trigger a heap overflow vulnerability in Google Chrome.
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No known false positives
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Buffer Overflow
Buffer Overflows occur when a memory location is filled past its expected boundaries. Computer attackers target systems without proper terminating conditions on buffers, which then write the additional information in other locations in memory, overwriting what is there. This could corrupt the data, making the system behave erratically or crash. The new information could include malicious executable code, which might be executed.
CVE-2020-15999 |
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Tactic: Initial Access
Technique: Drive-by Compromise
For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org
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