14 year old discovers Gmail vulnerability

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shwetanshu

Cyborg Agent
In a blog posting on blogspot a 14 year old kid named Anthony has discovered a Javascript Gmail vulnerability.

Anthony wrote "Apparently 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.

According to Anthony the Javascript he sent to himself was from a Yahoo account, emailing from Gmail to Gmail accounts filters the code out.

24 hours after Anthony discovered the issue Google have now fixed the problem but have not issued a statement regarding this latest privacy slip up.

*www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=32435
 

satbir

Broken In
i must say ........... anthony is a geek.......... found a hole in gmail at the age of 14......... when i was 14..... i didn't even know how to surf the net..............
 
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Rohan Rastogi

Guest
Yeah, it's all worked up now. Thanks to Anthony, my PC's safe
 

AcceleratorX

Youngling
satbir said:
i must say ........... anthony is a geek.......... found a hole in gmail at the age of 14......... when i was 14..... i didn't even know how to surf the net..............

Times have changed now. I will be 14 soon.....:p :D
 
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