full-disclosure - Re: Facebook Attach EXE Vulnerability

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Message-ID: <CAH8yC8k-QVwRV1AqHdNMyLCfgd2ySV3+HNLJFb6aU8ALaYpvkw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:25:15 -0400
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>
To: Laurelai <laurelai@...echan.org>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: Facebook Attach EXE Vulnerability

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Laurelai <laurelai@...echan.org> wrote:
> On 10/28/2011 10:03 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:44:04 CDT, Laurelai said:
>>> On 10/28/2011 6:17 PM, Ulises2k wrote:
>>>> You know this?  ;)
>>>> https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/bounty/
>>> Facebook has a habit of ignoring issues
>> So? That's their problem, not yours.
>>
>> The moral thing to do is to work with them on a responsible disclosure in hopes
>> of a bounty.  Then when it becomes apparent they intend to ignore the issue,
>> you've at least tried to do the right thing - so publish and at least score
>> some reputation points. ;)
>>
>> Of course, the devil is in the details - for instance, how long is it "responsible"
>> to wait if you discover a zero-day that's already being exploited on a large
>> scale?
> When we informed facebook of our discovery ( not this one another one)
> they ignored us and when asked by the media they denied it was even a
> problem, I wonder how many people actually have cashed in on that bounty
> they offered?
Its funny how that works in practice.....

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