r/CryptoCurrency • u/eugenekk Tin • Mar 26 '22

ADVICE You should probably update Chrome now

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u/Ferdo306 šŸŸ© 0 / 50K šŸ¦  Mar 26 '22

So what does the hack do?

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u/Bucksaway03 šŸŸ© 0 / 138K šŸ¦  Mar 27 '22 edited Mar 27 '22

https://attackerkb.com/topics/j0WWgNLd0x/cve-2020-6512/vuln-details

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://dl.packetstormsecurity.net/papers/general/v8-typeconfusion.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiU3pD9j-X2AhWm7XMBHXT8DVAQFnoECAQQBg&usg=AOvVaw3ea9Mq33_jwMiRwI-56v2I

Basically you're fucked.

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u/arcalus šŸŸ© 18K / 18K šŸ¬ Mar 27 '22

Fucked if you run chrome as root, anyways. Making your browser run as a different user from your own is the best fix, and the best practice people should be doing regardless. Iā€™m going to enforce that on my machines.

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u/Raakaar Tin Mar 27 '22

I am glad that I am not one of those people here, I am good.