Just a fun, somewhat terrifying read

    • SoGrumpy
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      6 months ago

      I guess you missed the bit about it running on a virtual machine, huh?

      • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        VM does not mean it is safe. There is malware out there that can break the sandbox and infect the hypervisor

          • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            It’s XP, there are likely several unpatched escaping bugs with free POC out there. You don’t need anything new.

            • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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              6 months ago

              Surely breaking out of a VM requires exploiting a vulnerability of the VM, not of the OS running in it?

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                  6 months ago

                  It’s pure speculation, but I assume you’ll need

                  1. Enough access to the guest OS so that you can interact directly with the virtual hardware. That would probably require root access, so you’ll probably need to exploit some bug in the guest OS to get there.
                  2. To break out of the vm, you’ll then need to exploit a bug in the virtual hardware. You would want to get the hypervisor to execute arbitrary code.
                  3. If you want to infect the host OS, then you’ll need sufficient access on the host. If the hypervisor doesn’t run with sufficient privileges, you’ll have to exploit a bug in the host as well to perform a privilege escalation. But I’m guessing the hypervisor will usually have sufficient privileges, so exploiting the host is probably not necessary.

                  Sounds like quite a bit of work, but I don’t see why malware couldn’t automate it. An up-to-date hypervisor should help reduce the risk though.

                  • extracheese@lemmy.world
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                    6 months ago

                    Theres no way an hypervisor zero day gets implemented in some random Malware. Those are worth millions and are used in coordinated manual attacks against VIP targets

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          6 months ago

          Actuall, no. If a VM can be broken, how come everyone goes on about things being perfectly safe to run in one?

          It gives people like me a false sense of security.

          • steakmeoutt@sh.itjust.works
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            6 months ago

            Exactly. And you can see by the number of upvotes your comment got vs the number of downvotes earned by mine that a false sense of security is shared by the majority.