full-disclosure - Re: Fwd: nVidia.com [Url Redirection flaw]

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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:13:53 -0400
From: Pete Licoln <pete.licoln@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Fwd: nVidia.com [Url Redirection flaw]

2009/3/25 Lorenzo Vogelsang <vogelsang.lorenzo@...il.com>

> Neverthless i think that the open redirect vulnerabilty it's serious,
> because "This vulnerability is used in phishing attacks to get users to
> visit malicious sites without realizing it." (
> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Open_redirect)

Well that's actually false, because the person who WANTS to hijack/Phish
someone who TRUST nvdia via this "flaw" need first to control this website
..Or trick a very very dummy person, it's almost the same as if you say "
wow you  can do phishing with the ADDTHIS service " only because the "from
field" can be controlled, without looking at :
The subject :  Link shared by  **spoofer**
The message body : " this spoofed_emailer recommands you to see this link
,[Message sent by spoofer@....site via AddThis.com. Please note that the
sender's email address has not been verified.]
Cant do nothing about  that, if you're enough  silly to believe in such
credibility, an A-V software wont help you too.

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