Chrome 0-day exploit CVE-2019-13720 used in Operation WizardOpium

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Google Chrome is a web browser used to access the Internet. Successful exploitation of the most severe vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser. Depending on the privileges associated with the application, an attacker could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. If this application has been configured to have fewer user rights on the system, exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could have less impact than if it was configured with administrative rights.

Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Recent assessments:

busterb at November 01, 2019 6:45pm UTC reported:

Based on the technical analysis by Kaspersky, this is a very effective exploit, and is able to leverage an info leak, heap grooming, and the malware deployed via watering-hole injection on a Korean-language news portal, establishes persistence via a dropped file on disk.

An attacker does need to leverage a few items in advance for this and any client-side attack, that is a watering hole injection or some other delivery method. Chrome’s quick patching mechanism means these vulns typically have a short shelf life, though the inability to force users to actually update is a limiting factor.

space-r7 at November 01, 2019 7:32pm UTC reported:

Based on the technical analysis by Kaspersky, this is a very effective exploit, and is able to leverage an info leak, heap grooming, and the malware deployed via watering-hole injection on a Korean-language news portal, establishes persistence via a dropped file on disk.

An attacker does need to leverage a few items in advance for this and any client-side attack, that is a watering hole injection or some other delivery method. Chrome’s quick patching mechanism means these vulns typically have a short shelf life, though the inability to force users to actually update is a limiting factor.

gwillcox-r7 at November 22, 2020 2:51am UTC reported:

Based on the technical analysis by Kaspersky, this is a very effective exploit, and is able to leverage an info leak, heap grooming, and the malware deployed via watering-hole injection on a Korean-language news portal, establishes persistence via a dropped file on disk.

An attacker does need to leverage a few items in advance for this and any client-side attack, that is a watering hole injection or some other delivery method. Chrome’s quick patching mechanism means these vulns typically have a short shelf life, though the inability to force users to actually update is a limiting factor.

Assessed Attacker Value: 5
Assessed Attacker Value: 5Assessed Attacker Value: 2