Vulnerability in Gmail discovered by 14 year old

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  • RayBonga
    too cool for highschool
    • Nov 2005
    • 12164

    #1

    Vulnerability in Gmail discovered by 14 year old

    Vulnerability in Gmail
    I was recently attempting to mail some javascript code from my yahoo account to my gmail when I came across this vulnerability.

    Apparently javascript will run if it is withing the preview of the message.

    I only tested this sending from a yahoo account. Sending gmail to gmail appears to filter this out.

    This is what the message has to compose of

    A short subject to increase the ammount of code to run

    A short bit of text in the body so that the code isn't treated as quoted text

    And your code

    My simple test was : Subject: a Body: asdfasdf<script>alert("asdF");</script>

    Here is a screen: http://www.ipnow.org/vulnerability.png

    This vulnerability could be used to gather email addresses. Or even possibly to compromise the account.
    http://ph3rny.blogspot.com/2006/03/v...-in-gmail.html
  • Theo
    HAL 9000
    • May 2001
    • 34515

    #2
    crazy,after all this time nobody noticed such porblem?

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    • GlydeGirl
      Confirmed User
      • Feb 2005
      • 1516

      #3
      Most 14-year olds have WAY too much time on their hands! LOL

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      • nofx
        Too lazy to set a custom title
        • Nov 2002
        • 16826

        #4
        heh 404









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        • xclusive
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Apr 2004
          • 35218

          #5
          good catch by the kid

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          • abadfish
            Confirmed User
            • Jul 2003
            • 1482

            #6
            "Account Suspended
            The hosting account for this domain name has been suspended for 1 of 2 reasons.

            1. Your bill is over due.

            2. You account what causing a problem with the server and needed to be temporarily disabled."


            Probably an "unlimited bandwidth" account...
            Reanna Mae

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            • Pipecrew
              Master of Gfy.com
              • Feb 2002
              • 14888

              #7
              Originally posted by abadfish
              "Account Suspended
              The hosting account for this domain name has been suspended for 1 of 2 reasons.

              1. Your bill is over due.

              2. You account what causing a problem with the server and needed to be temporarily disabled."


              Probably an "unlimited bandwidth" account...
              Google has sent the blackhawk helicopters to his house and his host.

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              • PixeLs
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • Jul 2005
                • 11922

                #8
                LOL, this somehow sounds funny.

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                • SomeCreep
                  :glugglug
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 26118

                  #9
                  The following text I am about to post has already been posted in this thread, but I will post it again, because this would not be GFY, if I did not.

                  "
                  Account Suspended
                  The hosting account for this domain name has been suspended for 1 of 2 reasons.

                  1. Your bill is over due.

                  2. You account what causing a problem with the server and needed to be temporarily disabled.
                  "

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                  • hova
                    Traffillionaire
                    • Jan 2002
                    • 22430

                    #10
                    what a little smartass
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                    • sniperwolf
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Mar 2005
                      • 17743

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Pipecrew
                      Google has sent the blackhawk helicopters to his house and his host.
                      ~Accepting design works~

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                      • RayBonga
                        too cool for highschool
                        • Nov 2005
                        • 12164

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Pipecrew
                        Google has sent the blackhawk helicopters to his house and his host.
                        More likely they'll hire him.

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                        • Stacey_JoinRightNow
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 6269

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
                          crazy,after all this time nobody noticed such porblem?
                          yeah... kids are somehow good in experimenting things, trial and error...
                          very imaginative.

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                          • Shoehorn!
                            Die With Your Boots On
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 22872

                            #14
                            Originally posted by SomeCreep
                            The following text I am about to post has already been posted in this thread, but I will post it again, because this would not be GFY, if I did not.

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                            • Zarathustra
                              Confirmed User
                              • Oct 2005
                              • 1094

                              #15
                              kids are smarter then adults because they lack paradigmic thinking that conforms them or limits their thinking. This essentially means that us adults have mainly been programmed to be sheep

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                              • _Lush_
                                Confirmed User
                                • Jul 2005
                                • 536

                                #16
                                Google's responce:

                                In the interest of minimizing the impact that security vulnerabilities have on our end users, we highly encourage anyone who discovers a vulnerability in a Google product or service to follow responsible disclosure policies by contacting us first at security/at/google/dot/com .

                                More information is available at:
                                http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1161


                                I guess google was a little mad about the public disclosure of this
                                IcQ 50611033

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                                • Manowar
                                  jellyfish  
                                  • Dec 2003
                                  • 71528

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Pipecrew
                                  Google has sent the blackhawk helicopters to his house and his host.

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                                  • dtoolbox
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Nov 2004
                                    • 507

                                    #18
                                    dont post url's with unlimited hosting here. for sure your hosting will be suspended in no time
                                    ICQ310514967

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                                    • Nookster
                                      Confirmed IT Professional
                                      • Nov 2005
                                      • 3744

                                      #19
                                      That particular vuln has been known since gmail went live...about two years ago.
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                                      • PussyTeenies
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Feb 2005
                                        • 6496

                                        #20
                                        old and known "bug" (problem)
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                                        • woj
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                                          • Jul 2002
                                          • 47880

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Nookster
                                          That particular vuln has been known since gmail went live...about two years ago.
                                          gmail went live? I thought it's still in beta, heh
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