BROWSER-WEBKIT -- Snort has detected traffic known to exploit vulnerabilities present in the Webkit browser engine (aside from Chrome) this includes Apple’s Safari, RIM’s mobile browser, Nokia, KDE, Webkit itself, and Palm. Attacks often insert code via exploits, cause webkit renderings in the browser to crash, or otherwise create chaos or exploit for entrance.
BROWSER-WEBKIT JavaScriptCore watchpoint type confusion attempt
This rule looks for a malicious use of optimization to force a type confusion onto an array object.
This rule is triggered from a JavaScript file that is attempting to exploit a remote code execution in Safari.
Attacks/Scans seen in the wild
No known false positives
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
No rule groups
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-2019-8506 |
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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