full-disclosure - Re: TrueCaller Vulnerability Allows Changing Users Details

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Message-Id: <43AA0BB3-43DA-4F83-8748-41141317FE95@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 23:42:19 +0300
From: Q8WhiteHat <q8whitehat@...il.com>
To: doc mombasa <doc.mombasa@...il.com>
Cc: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	"bugtraq@...urityfocus.com" <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: TrueCaller Vulnerability Allows Changing
	Users Details

They can encrypt the post parameters (address book) as they're sent. Just like the HTTP GET requests used to search for numbers.

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Q8WhiteHat.org

On Jun 6, 2012, at 11:36 PM, doc mombasa wrote:

> Yes and how would you mitigate that?
> Its not possible to validate the data as they donthave any pre existing knowledge about your address book
> 
> 2012/6/5 Kuwait WhiteHat <q8whitehat@...il.com>
> Well, using SSL will solve the privacy issues which involves having a 3rd party sniff the traffic and reconstruct a database of users address books as outlined here http://q8whitehat.org/truecaller-vulnerability-allows-changing-users-name/
> However, it doesnt solve other problems such as the ability to change database entries or submitting fake data.
> 
> On Jun 5, 2012 5:16 PM, "doc mombasa" <doc.mombasa@...il.com> wrote:
> the only "vulnerability" here is not using https?
> .
> 
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