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Re: [Full-disclosure] Facebook Attach EXE Vulnerability



You know this?  ;)
https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/bounty/



On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 17:49, Nathan Power <np@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I would also like to note this vulnerability was reported responsibly in 
> regards to full disclosure.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_disclosure
>
> Nathan Power
> www.securitypentest.com
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Nathan Power <np@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I was basically told that Facebook didn't see it as an issue and I was 
>> puzzled by that. Ends up the Facebook security team had issues reproducing 
>> my work and that's why they initially disgarded it. After publishing, the 
>> Facebook security team re-examined the issue and by working with me they 
>> seem to have been able to reproduce the bug.
>>
>> Nathan Power
>> www.securitypentest.com
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Pablo Ximenes <pablo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not fixed yet. At least not yesterday when I checked.
>>> Nathan, didn't Facebook ask for some time to fix this bug after they have 
>>> acknowledged it?
>>>
>>> Pablo Ximenes
>>> http://ximen.es/
>>> http://twitter.com/pabloximenes
>>> Em 27/10/2011, às 19:29, Joshua Thomas <rappercrazzy@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
>>>
>>> can't believe such was on FB  .... wahahaha !!! lol ....rofl ...
>>>
>>> When was this discovered and fixed ?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:02 AM, Nathan Power <np@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> 1. Summary:
>>>> When using the Facebook 'Messages' tab, there is a feature to attach a 
>>>> file.
>>>> Using this feature normally, the site won't allow a user to attach an 
>>>> executable file.
>>>> A bug was discovered to subvert this security mechanisms. Note, you do NOT 
>>>> have
>>>> to be friends with the user to send them a message with an attachment.
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Read the rest of this advisory here:
>>>> http://www.securitypentest.com/2011/10/facebook-attach-exe-vulnerability.html
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy :)
>>>>
>>>> Nathan Power
>>>> www.securitypentest.com
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>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
> Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
> Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/

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Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/