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Re: [Full-disclosure] Google / GMail bug, all accounts vulnerable



It's just stopped working for me.
-Alessandro

On Dec 7, 2007 5:04 PM, Kristian Erik Hermansen <
kristian.hermansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Dec 7, 2007 7:40 AM, Aaron Katz <atkatz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Could you please explain the vulnerability?  When I test, and I submit
> > a correct response to the CAPTCHA, I'm presented with knowledge based
> > authentication.
>
> The bug, unless Google fixed it already, will have an affect on your
> GMail account, but has nothing to do with CAPTCHAs.  Here is an
> illustration....
>
> * You are happily browsing some emails in GMail.
> * You then visit any website which utilizes my PoC. (one @
> http://www.kristian-hermansen.com)
> * You try to use your GMail account, but something went wrong.
> * You ask yourself what happened...
> --
> Kristian Erik Hermansen
> "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."
>
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