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Password takeover

Posted Nov 4, 2010 20:18 UTC (Thu) by Simetrical (guest, #53439)
In reply to: Password takeover by corbet
Parent article: Gathering session cookies with Firesheep

What sites allow e-mail reset of passwords but don't require you to re-enter your password to change your e-mail?


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Password takeover

Posted Nov 17, 2010 12:58 UTC (Wed) by DonDiego (subscriber, #24141) [Link]

If you capture the insecure session cookie as described in the article, you don't need to enter a password.

Password takeover

Posted Nov 18, 2010 0:52 UTC (Thu) by bfields (subscriber, #19510) [Link]

Try it. Go to facebook, and try to change your email address or your password without re-entering your password. You'll find it doesn't let you, even though you've given it a session cookie. And that's by design....

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