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by submagr 1895 days ago
Can someone please explain how this hack works? (I am CS major so I know basic stuff but not a hacker)
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coolspot 1895 days ago
It uses WebAssembly VM bug to get arbitrary memory address write/read capability within Chromium sandbox.
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heljara 1895 days ago
The actual bug is much before this though, WASM is just used to get a RWX page of memory, as v8 won't give JS that the other side of the JIT process.
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