Vulnerability CVE-2017-5928


Published: 2017-02-27

Description:
The W3C High Resolution Time API, as implemented in various web browsers, does not consider that memory-reference times can be measured by a performance.now "Time to Tick" approach even with the https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167489#c9 protection mechanism in place, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct AnC attacks via crafted JavaScript code.

Type:

CWE-noinfo

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
W3C -> High resolution time api 

 References:
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~herbertb/download/papers/anc_ndss17.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97036
https://www.vusec.net/projects/anc

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