Re: Fwd: Google vulnerabilities with PoC

["Nicholas Lemonias." <lem.nikolas () googlemail com>]

And I am not referring just to Google. But for those people who support
that remote uploads to a trusted network is not an issue.  Then that also
means that firewalls and IPS systems are worthless. Why spend so much time
protecting the network layers if a user can send any file of choice to a
remote network...




On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Krzysztof Kotowicz
<kkotowicz+fd () gmail com>wrote:

> Care to report the same to Dropbox and Pastebin? It's a gold mine, you
> know...
>
>
> 2014-03-14 20:09 GMT+01:00 Nicholas Lemonias. <lem.nikolas () googlemail com>
> :
>
> You are wrong, because we do have proof of concepts. If we didn't have
> > them, then there would be no case.
> >
> > But if there are video clips, images demonstrating impact - in which case
> > arbitrary file uploads (which is a write() call ) to a remote network, then
> > it is a vulnerability. It is not about the bounty, but rather about not
> > defying academic literature and widely recognised practise.
> >
> > Attacking the arguer, won't make the bug to go away.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Nicholas.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Krzysztof Kotowicz <
> > kkotowicz+fd () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > Nicholas, seriously, just stop.
> > >
> > > You have found an 'arbitrary file upload' in a file hosting service and
> > > claim it is a serious vulnerability. With no proof that your 'arbitrary
> > > file' is being used anywhere in any context that would lead to code
> > > execution - on server or client side. You cite OWASP documents (which are
> > > unrelated to the case), academia papers from 1975 just to find a reason
> > > it's theoretically serious, not paying any attention to what service you're
> > > actually attacking and what have you really achieved in that (which is
> > > demonstrating a filtering weakness at best, low risk).
> > >
> > > Everyone on this list so far explains why you're wrong, but you just
> > > won't stop. So you start throwing out certificates, your academia
> > > experience and your respected company. Then - name calling everyone else.
> > > Seriously, it's just a good laugh for most of us.
> > >
> > > Dude, please, just because you did not qualify for a bounty, there's no
> > > point in launching a whole campaign like you are. You're essentially
> > > following the path of Khalil Shreateh (the guy who posted on Zuckerberg FB
> > > wall) - he DID find a vuln though. Do you really want that? Go ahead, start
> > > a crowdsourcing campaign!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2014-03-14 19:40 GMT+01:00 Nicholas Lemonias. <
> > > lem.nikolas () googlemail com>:
> > >
> > > > We have many PoC's including video clips. We may upload for the
> > > > security world to see.
> > > >
> > > > However, this is not the way to treat security vulnerabilities.
> > > > Attacking the researcher and bringing you friends to do aswell, won't
> > > > mitigate the problem.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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