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

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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:35:50 -0400
From: mac.user@....hush.com
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, nick@...us-l.demon.co.uk
Subject: Re: nVidia.com [Url Redirection flaw]

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Dear Nick - how did you determine this estimate of 80%+????

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:05:28 -0400 Nick FitzGerald <nick@...us-
l.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Pete Licoln saw fit to write:
>
>> There's a difference between an xss and an url redirection ..
>> this post was about an url js based redirection, now it's a Xss,
>to me
>> that's a lot of talk ( and i do contribute ) for an no
>persistant xss ,
>> ...
>
>We've seen weirder things used in phish and other scams...
>
>Remember, open redirectors allow remote "brand reputation
>transfer" (aka
>theft) for whatever purpose may suit a third a party.  Web app
>devs and
>admins who do not inherently understand that (some 80+% by my
>estimates)
>should not be allowed near any servers on the public Internet.
>(That
>would put Doubleclick, and thereby much of Google, well out of
>business.)
>
>I can imagine ways the "fake codec" folk could _very_ conveniently
>use
>this to boost their install rates.  (If I have to spell this out
>to
>anyone here, they're on the wrong list...)
>
>...
>
>Now Valdis -- what odds will you give for nVidia fixing this
>before we
>see it being roundly abused?
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Nick FitzGerald
>
>
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