Google Chromium WebGL Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Google · Chromium WebGL
The flaw is a use-after-free vulnerability in the WebGL component of Google Chrome (Chromium WebGL), which can lead to heap corruption. An attacker can exploit it by getting a user to open a crafted HTML page, requiring remote access and user interaction but no authentication.
Use after free in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 1/15
How an attack unfolds
Based on MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. mappings. Select a step to see the evidence.Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 17 days before it was disclosed.
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence17 days before
- Disclosedday 0
- Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+4 mo
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order 2ExecutionTA0002
CVE-2021-30554 allows an adversary to use JavaScript to exploit WebGL component of the Chromium browser that allows for execution of arbitrary code.
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 64 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
JavaScriptT1059.00729 general rules
- Adwind RAT / JRAThightest
- Adwind RAT / JRAT File Artifacthightest
- Csc.EXE Execution Form Potentially Suspicious Parenthightest
- Cscript/Wscript Uncommon Script Extension Executionhightest
- HackTool - CACTUSTORCH Remote Thread Creationhightest
- HackTool - Koadic Executionhightest
- HTML Help HH.EXE Suspicious Child Processhightest
- JXA In-memory Execution Via OSAScripthightest
Exploitation for Client ExecutionT120335 general rules
- Antivirus - Exploitation Framework Signaturecriticalstable
- Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882criticalstable
- Audit CVE Eventcriticaltest
- CVE-2021-31979 CVE-2021-33771 Exploitscriticaltest
- CVE-2021-31979 CVE-2021-33771 Exploits by Sourgumcriticaltest
- Exploit for CVE-2017-8759criticaltest
- Antivirus - APT Malware Signaturecriticalexperimental
- Antivirus - Remote Access Tools Signaturecriticalexperimental
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