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- http://www.theregister.com/2007/09/24/goog…_users_at_risk/
24 September 2007 - "If you use Google to send email, organize photos or help administer your website, doomwatchers have cataloged three new ways to steal your data and compromise the security of your users. All three of the techniques rely on cross site scripting, or XSS, in which hackers inject unauthorized code by making it appear as if it's hosted by a trusted website. The most serious vulnerability resided in the so-called polls application, a part of Google Groups. It made it possible to steal contacts and messages from Gmail accounts. A Google spokesman on Monday afternoon said the flaw had been fixed. Multiple pieces of proof-of-concept code posted online graphically demonstrated the potential for attacks that target the weakness. One stole all contacts listed in a Gmail account, while a second sent all incoming Gmail messages to an email account of the researcher's choosing… The exploit code worked on at least four browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Konqueror, at least when they are using default settings and are not running extensions that block the running of javascript. To be pwned, a victim had to be logged in to Gmail while opening the attack website. A second vulnerability plagues the Google search appliance, which Google sells so webmasters can do scraping and other types of internal searches. By creating a specially crafted URL, an attacker can inject code or overwrite pages of a third-party site that uses the appliance. Attack scenarios include the stealing of cookies used to log in to the third-party site or the alternation of a trusted site so it prompts an unsuspecting user for personal information and then transmits it to the attacker… as many as 200,000 sites were vulnerable to the attack at time of writing. A third vulnerability could be used to steal photos designated in Google's Picasa picture organizer simply by luring a user to a malicious website. It is a highly complex exploit that marries a variety of techniques, including XSS, cross application request forgery, Flash and URI handler weakness exploitation. A Google spokesman said the company had recently become aware of the flaw in its search appliance and would offer more details about a fix after a more thorough investigation. Google officials are unaware of the vulnerability being targeted in the wild…"
- http://www.theregister.com/2007/09/24/goog…_users_at_risk/
24 September 2007 - "If you use Google to send email, organize photos or help administer your website, doomwatchers have cataloged three new ways to steal your data and compromise the security of your users. All three of the techniques rely on cross site scripting, or XSS, in which hackers inject unauthorized code by making it appear as if it's hosted by a trusted website. The most serious vulnerability resided in the so-called polls application, a part of Google Groups. It made it possible to steal contacts and messages from Gmail accounts. A Google spokesman on Monday afternoon said the flaw had been fixed. Multiple pieces of proof-of-concept code posted online graphically demonstrated the potential for attacks that target the weakness. One stole all contacts listed in a Gmail account, while a second sent all incoming Gmail messages to an email account of the researcher's choosing… The exploit code worked on at least four browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Konqueror, at least when they are using default settings and are not running extensions that block the running of javascript. To be pwned, a victim had to be logged in to Gmail while opening the attack website. A second vulnerability plagues the Google search appliance, which Google sells so webmasters can do scraping and other types of internal searches. By creating a specially crafted URL, an attacker can inject code or overwrite pages of a third-party site that uses the appliance. Attack scenarios include the stealing of cookies used to log in to the third-party site or the alternation of a trusted site so it prompts an unsuspecting user for personal information and then transmits it to the attacker… as many as 200,000 sites were vulnerable to the attack at time of writing. A third vulnerability could be used to steal photos designated in Google's Picasa picture organizer simply by luring a user to a malicious website. It is a highly complex exploit that marries a variety of techniques, including XSS, cross application request forgery, Flash and URI handler weakness exploitation. A Google spokesman said the company had recently become aware of the flaw in its search appliance and would offer more details about a fix after a more thorough investigation. Google officials are unaware of the vulnerability being targeted in the wild…"