DocumentCode
2987190
Title
Systematical Vulnerability Detection in Browser Validation Mechanism
Author
Chufeng, Zeng ; Qingxian, Wang
Author_Institution
Nat. Data Switching Center, Zhengzhou, China
fYear
2011
fDate
3-4 Dec. 2011
Firstpage
831
Lastpage
836
Abstract
At present, the complexity of input and unverified assumptions about other components of the rich web applications is a problem requesting much more attention. Most client-side applications are designed without the full consideration of input validation. These issues can cause a new class of web threats. To deal with the security issues above, we classify and highlight a new class of vulnerabilities which is described as the browser input validation vulnerability. This class of vulnerability arises from unsafe usage of unauthentic data or scripts. These elements can be inserted in the frame and be executed in the scripting language engine of the browsers to make an assault. To systematically discover the vulnerabilities of this class, in this paper, we propose and implement one combination of dynamic analysis and comparison technique. By using several vulnerabilities as testing cases, the techniques are light-weight, efficient, and have low rate of false positive and false negative.
Keywords
Internet; online front-ends; security of data; browser validation mechanism; client side applications; dynamic analysis; rich Web applications; security issues; systematical vulnerability detection; unauthentic data; unauthentic scripts; unverified assumptions; Browsers; Engines; Graphical user interfaces; Security; Servers; Testing; Web pages; DOM; Origin; Taint; Validation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computational Intelligence and Security (CIS), 2011 Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location
Hainan
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-2008-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CIS.2011.188
Filename
6128149
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