Researchers win $100,000 for Chrome hack that leaves Windows vulnerable

JMH · Mar 8, 2013

Security researchers at MWR Labs have won a $100,000 prize at the Pwn2Own hacking competition in Vancouver.

The researchers showed off their hack yesterday as they took a fully patched version of the Google Chrome browser, hacked it, and then took control of Windows 7. According to the researchers, when a Chrome user visits a malicious Web page, it's possible for the page's creator to exploit a vulnerability that allows for code execution in the sandboxed renderer process. From there, the team exploited a kernel vulnerability in Windows 7 to gain elevated privileges and execute commands.

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Researchers win $100,000 for Chrome hack that leaves Windows vulnerable

JMH

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