full-disclosure - Facebook URL Redirect Vulnerability

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikNxiwW9bY1b+E-zNmUoaub6StrMUGUXTA_GaVN@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:42:50 -0500
From: Nathan Power <np@...uritypentest.com>
To: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Facebook URL Redirect Vulnerability

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1. Summary:

Once the victim clicks on a specially crafted Facebook URL they can be
redirected to a malicious website.
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2. Description:

Facebook applications use of 'track.php?r=' doesn't sanitize the redirection
input properly.  This allows an attacker to input any URL that a victim will
get redirected too.  It is not required for the victim to be login to
Facebook for this attack to work.

The following is an example of a vulnerable URL:
http://apps.facebook.com/truthsaboutu/track.php?r=http://www.securitypentest.com

The following Google search query can be used to find vulnerable URLs:
site:facebook.com inurl:"track.php?" inurl:"r="
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3. Impact:

Potentially allow an attacker to compromise a victim’s Facebook account
and/or computer system.
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4. Affected Products:

www.facebook.com
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5. Solution:  None
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6. Time Table:

2/27/2011 Reported Vulnerability to the Vendor
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7. Credits:

Discovered by Nathan Power
www.securitypentest.com
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