Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 01:18:45 -0400
From: Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal@...aix.net>
To: "Michael J. Gray" <mgray@...tcode.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Google Accounts Security Vulnerability



On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 06:29:03PM -0700, Michael J. Gray wrote:
> I’ll clarify a bit.
> 
>  
> 
> If you log on to your Google account from the website and it prompts you for
> additional security questions, you can circumvent this by simply checking
> mail via POP or what have you and then it adds your IP address to the list
> of recognized addresses. 
> 

I don't know about anyone else, but I use two step verification with
specific application pass phrases that Google so graciously allows you
to do.

With that said... It is the two phase authentication I chose to turn on
due to the fact I have to access my mail through IMAPS.

One thing I think you may be entirely confused with is the "Allow
multiple logins" feature that you can turn off and achieve exactly what
you would expect to happen.


?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
What I don't understand is... You go to your web portal to reset your
password... "you do not know what your password is...!" how on earth
would you login to IMAP, POP whatever...! ?
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

PS: Besides if someone was able to login to your IMAP I sincerely doubt
accessing your mail by the web will be on any one of the objective
lists. They already have your =INBOX... Do use two phase authentication
and do use application specific passwords for accessing your account.

>  
> 
> From: Thor (Hammer of God) [mailto:thor@...merofgod.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:33 PM
> To: Mateus Felipe Tymburibá Ferreira
> Cc: Jason Hellenthal; Michael J. Gray; full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Google Accounts Security Vulnerability
> 
>  
> 
> Logging on to IMAP mail as one would be doing hundreds of times per day is
> not going to reset the web cookie.  If that is what the OP is reporting, I
> would have to question if his recollection is correct since, by that logic,
> the password reset feature would never be activated since any other IMAP
> logon would clear it.  
> 
>  
> 
> If the user logged in, and was presented with the questions as stated, then
> it probably cleared any requirement since he would have to accept that.
> Unless he is saying that when presented with the questions he purposefully
> did not put them in and tried to logon to IMAP which I find odd.
> 
>  
> 
> Regardless, if you already know the username and password for the email, it
> doesn’t matter anyway no does it?  You could always get the mail via IMAP or
> POP or whatever options were configured in gmail.  There wouldn’t be any
> need to go to the web interface in the first place.   
> 
>  
> 
> Now that I know I’m not missing anything, I’ll just let this one die on the
> vine. 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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>  
> 
> Timothy “Thor”  Mullen
> 
> www.hammerofgod.com
> 
> Thor
> <http://www.amazon.com/Thors-Microsoft-Security-Bible-Collection/dp/15974957
> 27> ’s Microsoft Security Bible
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: Mateus Felipe Tymburibá Ferreira [mailto:mateustymbu@...il.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:21 PM
> To: Thor (Hammer of God)
> Cc: Jason Hellenthal; Michael J. Gray; full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Google Accounts Security Vulnerability
> 
>  
> 
> I'm just copying the original message's part that probably answer your
> question (I did not test it...):
> 
> ">From there, I attempted to log-in to my Google account with the same
> > username and password.
> >
> > To my surprise, I was not presented with any questions to confirm my
> > identity.
> >
> > This completes the steps required to bypass this account hijacking
> > counter-measure."
> 
> 
> Mateus Felipe Tymburibá Ferreira, M. Sc. student at UFAM
> <http://portal.ufam.edu.br> 
>   CISSP <https://www.isc2.org/cissp/default.aspx> , OSCP
> <http://www.offensive-security.com/information-security-certifications/oscp-
> offensive-security-certified-professional/> , OSCE
> <http://www.offensive-security.com/information-security-certifications/osce-
> offensive-security-certified-expert/> , OSWP
> <http://www.offensive-security.com/information-security-certifications/oswp-
> offensive-security-wireless-professional/> 
> 
>  <https://www.isc2.org/cissp/default.aspx>
> <http://www.offensive-security.com/information-security-certifications/oscp-
> offensive-security-certified-professional/>
> <http://www.offensive-security.com/information-security-certifications/osce-
> offensive-security-certified-expert/>
> <http://www.offensive-security.com/information-security-certifications/oswp-
> offensive-security-wireless-professional/> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2012/5/15 Thor (Hammer of God) <thor@...merofgod.com>
> 
> I'm not sure I understand the issue here - the requirement for someone
> "happening to come across your username and password" is a pretext.
> 
> Logging on to the web interface where you can change password and other
> personal information as well as verify existing site cookies affords the
> service the ability to check these sorts of things.  But you logged on via
> IMAP, which is its own service just like POP3 or SMTP.   These services
> can't check where you are or for the existence of a cookie, so I'm not
> really sure what your expectation is, or why this is being presented as an
> issue.   Am I missing something?
> 
> Timothy "Thor"  Mullen
> www.hammerofgod.com
> Thor's Microsoft Security Bible
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk
> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jason
> Hellenthal
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:32 AM
> To: Michael J. Gray
> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Google Accounts Security Vulnerability
> 
> 
> LMFAO!
> 
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 04:22:30AM -0700, Michael J. Gray wrote:
> > Effective since May 1, 2012.
> >
> > Products Affected: All Google account based services
> >
> >
> >
> > Upon attempting to log-in to my Google account while away from home, I
> > was presented with a message that required me to confirm various
> > details about my account in order to ensure I was a legitimate user
> > and not just someone who came across my username and password. Unable
> > to remember what my phone number from 2004 was, I looked for a way around
> it.
> >
> > The questions presented to me were:
> >
> >     Complete the email address: a******g@...il.com
> >
> >     Complete the phone number: (425) 4**-***7
> >
> >
> >
> > Since this was presented to me, I was certain I had my username and
> > password correct.
> >
> > >From there, I simply went to check my email via IMAP at the new location.
> >
> > I was immediately granted access to my email inboxes with no trouble.
> >
> >
> >
> > >From there, I attempted to log-in to my Google account with the same
> > username and password.
> >
> > To my surprise, I was not presented with any questions to confirm my
> > identity.
> >
> > This completes the steps required to bypass this account hijacking
> > counter-measure.
> >
> >
> >
> > This just goes to show that even the largest corporations that employ
> > teams of security experts, can also overlook very simple issues.
> >
> 
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