Attacks on Web browsers with HTML5

Abstract

The new Web standard HTML5 makes a webpage provide dynamic functions to users without additional plug-ins such as ActiveX, Flash and Silverlight. Most attacks on web browsers uses such plug-ins. HTML5 provides the abilities that can be substituted to plug-ins, so hackers focus their attacks with HTML5. This paper surveys 16 attacks with HTML5 presented and shows their effects. Additionally, three new attacks with HTML5 are also discussed.