Glitch Chronicles - Turning WebGL Into A Hammer
Explore the intricacies of WebGL exploitation in this comprehensive conference talk from HITB2018DXB. Dive deep into the world of Glitch attacks, understanding attacker primitives and DRAM organization. Learn about address translation, eviction-based Rowhammer attacks, and GPU architecture. Discover how texture sampling and fast memory access play crucial roles in DRAM exploitation. Examine WebGL-based timers and contiguous memory detection techniques. Uncover the potential of JavaScript arrays, IEEE-754 floating-point numbers, and type flipping for exploitation. Master arbitrary read/write techniques and gain insights into the broader implications of these vulnerabilities. Conclude with a thorough recap and key takeaways for enhancing web security.