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Author Topic: New Gmail vulnerability  (Read 4873 times)

mouser

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New Gmail vulnerability
« on: March 02, 2006, 11:31 AM »
http://www.neowin.ne...ct=view&id=32435

"javascript will run if it is withing the preview of the message" meaning that hackers could grab email addresses or possibly steal cookies and compromise Google accounts. It's surprising that this vulnerability existed and who knows how long this has been a hole.

apparently the hole was first discovered/reported by a 14yr old on his blog :)

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Re: New Gmail vulnerability
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2006, 08:05 PM »
I can't reproduce it . . . I'm guessing it's either fixed or depends on browser.  He didn't say what he was using . . .

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Re: New Gmail vulnerability
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2006, 08:23 PM »
they probably fixed it by now, it's making the rounds on all the announcement sites.

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Re: New Gmail vulnerability
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2006, 10:41 PM »
Cool.
The things kids find these days.

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Re: New Gmail vulnerability
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2006, 11:24 PM »
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