full-disclosure - Re: ITTS012008 - YAHOO WEB MAIL URL REDIR

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:33:00 +1200
From: Nick FitzGerald <nick@...us-l.demon.co.uk>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: ITTS012008 - YAHOO WEB MAIL URL REDIR

Martin Fallon wrote:

<<big snip>>
> 
>  VI - CRONOLOGY
> ----------------
> 
> 09/09/2008 - Vulnerability Discovered.
> 09/10/2008 - Attempt to contact yahoo - no success.
> 09/11/2008 - Attempt to contact yahoo - no success.
> 09/15/2008 - Attempt to contact yahoo - no success.
> 09/20/2008 - Advisore Published.

Sometimes I wonder why we bother...

This has been used in the past (and maybe even to phish Yahoo -- not sure 
now).

Several times.

And reported thusly.

Maybe Yahoo just doesn't care?  They fixed this same redirector issue on 
other Yahoo sub-domains, but missed (or chose not to fix it on) the 
"login" sub-domain.

The gibbons in their web dev teams must be seriously underpaid, or just 
don't care.

The Yahoo! security wonks who got this fixed on the other sub-domains 
back in February will be a tad pissed at the gibbons for missing this 
instance though, I suspect...

Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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