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Re: Facebook URL Redirect Vulnerability


From: Wesley Kerfoot <wjak56 () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 00:11:16 -0500

"Sorry! We can't display this content while you're viewing Facebook over a
secure connection (https).
To use this app, you'll need to switch to a regular connection (http)."


On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Andrew Farmer <andfarm () gmail com> wrote:

On 2011-02-28, at 09:42, Nathan Power wrote:
3. Impact:

Potentially allow an attacker to compromise a victim’s Facebook account
and/or computer system.

Do you have an actual attack in mind which could accomplish either of these
goals, or is this wishful thinking? (Browser exploits don't really count, as
those would work just fine with or without the redirect.)

To be clear - open redirects are certainly a problem, but don't try to call
them any more than that.
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