Re: Facebook Attach EXE Vulnerability

[Pablo Ximenes <pablo () ximen es>]

Agreed. What I'm asking is whether Facebook did ask him to wait. Did it? If
it did it's a whole different ball game.

Pablo Ximenes
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Em 28/10/2011, às 13:01, Peter Dawson <slash.pd () gmail com> escreveu:

I dont  think that he waited for vendor to confirm fix in production and I
dont see a reason that he needs to wait . If FB did not ask him to refrain
from disclosure.. y shld  he ?

09/30/2011 Reported Vulnerability to the Vendor
10/26/2011 Vendor Acknowledged Vulnerability
10/27/2011 Publicly Disclosed


On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Pablo Ximenes <pablo () ximen es> wrote:

>  Not fixed yet. At least not yesterday when I checked.
>
> Nathan, didn't Facebook ask for some time to fix this bug after they have
> acknowledged it?
>
>
> Pablo Ximenes
>  <http://ximen.es/>http://ximen.es/
>  <http://twitter.com/pabloximenes>http://twitter.com/pabloximenes
>
> Em 27/10/2011, às 19:29, Joshua Thomas < <rappercrazzy () gmail com>
> rappercrazzy () gmail com> escreveu:
>
>    can't believe such was on FB  .... wahahaha !!! lol ....rofl ...
>
> When was this discovered and fixed ?
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:02 AM, Nathan Power < <np () securitypentest com><np () securitypentest com>
> np () securitypentest com> wrote:
>
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 1. Summary:
> >
> > When using the Facebook 'Messages' tab, there is a feature to attach a
> > file.
> > Using this feature normally, the site won't allow a user to attach an
> > executable file.
> > A bug was discovered to subvert this security mechanisms. Note, you do NOT
> > have
> > to be friends with the user to send them a message with an attachment.
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Read the rest of this advisory here:
> > <http://www.securitypentest.com/2011/10/facebook-attach-exe-vulnerability.html><http://www.securitypentest.com/2011/10/facebook-attach-exe-vulnerability.html>
> > http://www.securitypentest.com/2011/10/facebook-attach-exe-vulnerability.html
> >
> >
> > Enjoy :)
> >
> >
> > Nathan Power
> >  <http://www.securitypentest.com/> <http://www.securitypentest.com/>
> > www.securitypentest.com
> >
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