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Status: Duplicate
Merged: issue 394296
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Closed: Apr 2017
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kinuko@chromium.org
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Type: Bug-Security



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Security: HTML5 bug causes Chrome to freeze

Project Member Reported by emilyschechter@chromium.org, Apr 10 2017 
Starting bug to make sure we know about this reported issue --

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/social-engineering-cybercrime/2016/11/tech-support-scammers-abuse-bug-in-html5-feature-to-freeze-computers/

Apparently this is a known bug but is being used to scam people.

Comment 1 by nparker@chromium.org, Apr 10 2017

Cc: kinuko@chromium.org
Mergedinto: 394296
Status: Duplicate (was: Unconfirmed)
A new example of this in use for social engineering is 
158780743457365[.]win/?a=10012592&offer_key=11599bc74e5a9130195216d1cc56ae74&nrid=1

BE CAREFUL of that link, since it requires a kill -9 on Linux to get out of the hang.

Comment 2 by nparker@chromium.org, Apr 10 2017 

attaching the malicious page in case it uses some new technique.  It looks like obfuscated history manipulation.
index.html?a=10012592
5.6 KB Download
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Comment 3 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Nov 30 2017

Labels: -Restrict-View-SecurityTeam allpublic
This bug has been closed for more than 14 weeks. Removing security view restrictions.

For more details visit https://www.chromium.org/issue-tracking/autotriage - Your friendly Sheriffbot
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