Re: java app question

[Jan Muenther <jan.muenther () nruns com>]

Hello,
> i am looking to pen test an app which is not a webapp :) . on browsing to the url it launches a java application 
> using jnlp. 
>
> i used a network traffic sniffer to see the traffic, and it is making post requests to several different urls (e.g. 
> webapp.com/generatereport etc.), and the response is of type x-serialize object. 
>
> any suggestions on what could be things to look at for such a pentest? 
>
>   
Manish Saindane gave a presentation on intercepting Java serialized
object communication at BH Europe:
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-eu-10/bh-eu-10-archives.html#Saindane

Maybe that helps you. Apart from that, I'd advise you to try and
decompile the Java binaries with e.g. jad and look at it.

Cheers,
Jan

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