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JavaScript (JS) based shellcode injections are among the most dangerous attacks to computer systems. Existing approaches have various limitations in detecting such attacks. In this paper, we propose a new detection methodology that overcomes these limitations by fully using JS code execution environment information. We leverage this information and create a virtual execution environment where shellcodes’ real behavior can be precisely monitored and detection redundancy can be reduced. Following this methodology, we implement JSGuard, a prototype malicious JS code detection system in Debian Linux with kernel version 2.6.26. Our extensive experiments show that JSGuard reports very few false positives and false negatives with acceptable overhead.
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Gu, B., Zhang, W., Bai, X., Champion, A.C., Qin, F., Xuan, D. (2013). JSGuard: Shellcode Detection in JavaScript. In: Keromytis, A.D., Di Pietro, R. (eds) Security and Privacy in Communication Networks. SecureComm 2012. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 106. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36883-7_8
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