Full Disclosure: Re: Facebook Attach EXE Vulnerability

[Laurelai <laurelai () oneechan org>]

On 10/28/2011 6:17 PM, Ulises2k wrote:
> You know this?  ;)
> https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/bounty/
>
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> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 17:49, Nathan Power<np () securitypentest com>  wrote:
> > I would also like to note this vulnerability was reported responsibly in regards to full disclosure.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_disclosure
> >
> > Nathan Power
> > www.securitypentest.com
> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Nathan Power<np () securitypentest com>  wrote:
> > > I was basically told that Facebook didn't see it as an issue and I was puzzled by that. Ends up the Facebook 
> > > security team had issues reproducing my work and that's why they initially disgarded it. After publishing, the 
> > > Facebook security team re-examined the issue and by working with me they seem to have been able to reproduce the 
> > > bug.
> > >
> > > Nathan Power
> > > www.securitypentest.com
> > >
> > >
> > > 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://twitter.com/pabloximenes
> > > > Em 27/10/2011, às 19:29, Joshua Thomas<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>  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
> > > > >
> > > > > Enjoy :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Nathan Power
> > > > > www.securitypentest.com
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