Shared sections are portions of memory shared between processes, used for inter-process communication. Problems exist with shared sections including lack of input validation, weak permissions that allow low privileged users to access high privileged processes, and lack of synchronization that can lead to data corruption. Exploiting these problems may allow unauthorized access to data, arbitrary code execution, and denial of service attacks. Future "shared section attacks" or "SSAttacks" are possible if these issues are not addressed.
Shared sections are portions of memory shared between processes, used for inter-process communication. Problems exist with shared sections including lack of input validation, weak permissions that allow low privileged users to access high privileged processes, and lack of synchronization that can lead to data corruption. Exploiting these problems may allow unauthorized access to data, arbitrary code execution, and denial of service attacks. Future "shared section attacks" or "SSAttacks" are possible if these issues are not addressed.
Shared sections are portions of memory shared between processes, used for inter-process communication. Problems exist with shared sections including lack of input validation, weak permissions that allow low privileged users to access high privileged processes, and lack of synchronization that can lead to data corruption. Exploiting these problems may allow unauthorized access to data, arbitrary code execution, and denial of service attacks. Future "shared section attacks" or "SSAttacks" are possible if these issues are not addressed.