full-disclosure - Re: Google auto redirect

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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:32:47 -0700
From: Chris Evans <scarybeasts@...il.com>
To: Juan Galiana <jgaliana@...il.com>
Cc: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Google auto redirect

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Juan Galiana <jgaliana@...il.com> wrote:
> In fact, open redirect is considered a vulnerability commonly involved in
> phishing attacks.

.... by people who have a cursory but non-thorough understanding of security.

http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/

To be fair, it is an area of some subtlety involving what browsers do
and do not guarantee in terms of security indicators; and more
importantly, misconceptions around capabilities and mindset of the
less-technical end users that we as a community are trying to protect.


Cheers
Chris

>
> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Open_redirect
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Mario Vilas <mvilas@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> did you actually try the link? cause it worked for me...
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:14 PM, McGhee, Eddie <Eddie.McGhee@....com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> come on what's funny about encoding a url? you don't see this as
>>> a vuln????? REALLY???? geez peace...
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk
>>> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf Of Marshall
>>> Whittaker
>>> Sent: 13 July 2010 21:17
>>> To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
>>> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Google auto redirect
>>>
>>> I don't really consider this a vulnerability, but it's funny.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/search?q=%79%61%68%6F%6F&ie=ISO-8859-1&source=hp&hl=en&btnI=I%26%2339;%69%6D%2B%46%65%65%6C%69%6E%67%2B%4C%75%63%6B%79
>>>
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