full-disclosure - Re: Facebook Attach EXE Vulnerability

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:44:04 -0500
From: Laurelai <laurelai@...echan.org>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Facebook Attach EXE Vulnerability

On 10/28/2011 6:17 PM, Ulises2k wrote:
> You know this?  ;)
> https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/bounty/
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 17:49, Nathan Power<np@...uritypentest.com>  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@...uritypentest.com>  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@...en.es>  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@...il.com>  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@...uritypentest.com>  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.
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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/
Facebook has a habit of ignoring issues

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