full-disclosure - Re: Facebook URL Redirect Vulnerability

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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:56:43 -0800
From: Andrew Farmer <andfarm@...il.com>
To: Nathan Power <np@...uritypentest.com>
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Facebook URL Redirect Vulnerability

On 2011-02-28, at 09:42, Nathan Power wrote:
> 3. Impact:
> 
> Potentially allow an attacker to compromise a victim’s Facebook account
> and/or computer system.

Do you have an actual attack in mind which could accomplish either of these goals, or is this wishful thinking? (Browser exploits don't really count, as those would work just fine with or without the redirect.)

To be clear - open redirects are certainly a problem, but don't try to call them any more than that.
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