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CVE-2024-4947 KEVPublic exploit Critical · 9.6 EPSS 15.2%

Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

Google · Chromium V8

Summary

The flaw is a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript engine of Google Chrome (Chromium V8), which causes the engine to access a resource using an incompatible type. An attacker who lures a user to a crafted HTML page can execute arbitrary code inside the browser sandbox, requiring only that the victim open the page in a vulnerable Chrome build (prior to 125.0.6422.60) with no authentication.

Official description · NVD

Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 125.0.6422.60 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Breakdown
69.1 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
2/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited 2 days before it was disclosed. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 14 months after disclosure.

  1. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence2 days before
  2. Disclosedday 0
  3. Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+5 days
  4. Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+14 mo

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

2 , grouped by in kill-chain order 2

Initial AccessTA0001

MITRE CTID mapping of the KEV entry · how it is exploited

CVE-2024-4947 is a type confusion vulnerability in Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. Adversaries have been observed exploiting this vulnerability by hosting a web-based game on a site that triggered the vulnerability and executed arbitrary code. Adversaries promoted the game on social media and through emails.

ExecutionTA0002

MITRE CTID mapping of the KEV entry · primary impact

Detection

0 rules for this CVE · 98 general rules for its techniques

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

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