Just a few weeks ago Nir Goldshlager released a OAuth vulnerability on Facebook. A security researcher Amine Cherrai has also found similar vulnerability on facebook that allowed hackers to get the access_token and full permissions of any account on facebook.
"As you may know, last month Facebook has closed many bugs leading to security reinforcement of 'redirect_uri' parameter and prevent hijacking attacks. One of these reinforcement were rejecting all 'redirect_uri' that has '#' or '#!'." Researcher wrote in his blog.
"While I was looking in the Facebook Javascript SDK I found something strange, I found that it uses http://static.ak.facebook.com/connect/xd_arbiter.php?version=21#channel=f876ddf24&origin=http://localhost&channel_path=/oauth/PoC_js/?fb_xd_fragment#xd_sig=f3adf0e04c&” as aredirect_uri and it’s not rejected… So I said let’s use it too!!!"
Amine successfully generated a poc that redirects to another facebook page with the access token. But he faced some problem while redirecting to external website.
Nir Goldshlager helped Amine by suggesting to redirect to an application in facebook then the application redirects to an external website instead of redirecting directly to an external website. After following the instructions from Nir Goldshlager, he successfully manged to generate a final redirect_uri.
POC video
Facebook has learnt from its previous lessons and is now fixing vulnerabilities as soon as somebody reports them,this Vulnerability has already been fixed.
"As you may know, last month Facebook has closed many bugs leading to security reinforcement of 'redirect_uri' parameter and prevent hijacking attacks. One of these reinforcement were rejecting all 'redirect_uri' that has '#' or '#!'." Researcher wrote in his blog.
"While I was looking in the Facebook Javascript SDK I found something strange, I found that it uses http://static.ak.facebook.com/connect/xd_arbiter.php?version=21#channel=f876ddf24&origin=http://localhost&channel_path=/oauth/PoC_js/?fb_xd_fragment#xd_sig=f3adf0e04c&” as aredirect_uri and it’s not rejected… So I said let’s use it too!!!"
Amine successfully generated a poc that redirects to another facebook page with the access token. But he faced some problem while redirecting to external website.
Nir Goldshlager helped Amine by suggesting to redirect to an application in facebook then the application redirects to an external website instead of redirecting directly to an external website. After following the instructions from Nir Goldshlager, he successfully manged to generate a final redirect_uri.
POC video
Facebook has learnt from its previous lessons and is now fixing vulnerabilities as soon as somebody reports them,this Vulnerability has already been fixed.
Hello E Hackers, today E Hacking News interviewed One of the Best Bug Bounty hunters, Vignesh Kumar, who got listed on all Hall of Fame pages that includes Google, Twitter and rewarded by lot of companies for his findings.
1. Introduce yourself
Hi, I am Vignesh Kumar from TamilNadu, INDIA. I hold a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and in addition an Information Security Enthusiast, budding Bug Bounty Hunter.
2. You are an Electrical Engineer, How did you get interest in Information security field?
Yes, I am. But I am more obsessed with Electronics and Networking. Also I have a huge passion for Information security too. I was introduced and inspired into "Bug Bounty Hunting" by one of my close friend Ahamed Nafeez(@skeptic_fx).
3. When did you start Bug hunting?
Around 5 months ago. But started in full swing from the last 3 months.
4. I have seen your name in lots of Hall of Fame, I am really proud to have you as my friend. How did your Parents/Friends react when you got rewards?
Thank you so much for your compliments. At the outset, I would like to thank my Family and all my Friends for all their support and encouragement. Well, when i received my first Bug Bounty (Cash reward), I told my friends about it and they looked at me like I was a Cyber Criminal. After I explained about “Bug Bounty Program” to them with “Proof of Concept”, I could see smiley faces. . No wonder!! Even many IT Geeks aren’t aware of the term “Bug Bounty”. Awareness is necessary.
5. What vulnerabilities have you discovered so far in your career as a Bug Hunter?
The vulnerabilities categorized by The OWASP Foundation.
6. What is your first finding, how did you feel at that time?
I can barely remember the exact first one. But whatever it was, it really had driven me to dig more deeply into it.
7. What is the favorite vulnerability found by you?
Each and every one of the vulnerabilities I found in Top Ranked Sites which includes Facebook, Twitter, is my favorite. As you know, finding bugs in Top Internet Giant sites like Google, Facebook, Twitter would be really hard in upcoming days since thousands of researchers are into it. I would like to rephrase a nice quote said by some researchers. “Not only Ninja Skills, but also you must have an Eagle Eye to hunt for Bugs”. Well said.
8. You're hunting bugs for fun, for profit?
Actually, bit of both. Beyond those you could gain more knowledge from around and develop your own skill set which is primary. Also I am glad that I have earned good friends around the world from this Bug Bounty program.
9. What are your future plans? Electrical Engineer or Information Security Researcher?
Obviously, Electrical/Network Engineer it is. And I believe I have the potential to handle multitasks. So I would continue my InfoSec Research too, either as an Independent or as a Team.
10. What is your advice for new bug hunters?
Well, that question is for Experts which I am not. I am a Beginner too. But from my experience, I may have few things. “Bug Bounty Hunting” is totally competitive. You shouldn’t jump into this one just by aiming on money. Have thirst of gaining knowledge which will fetch you HOFs, money and all. Don’t feel depressed when you fail for the first few times. Learn to the core and keep hunting which will definitely fetch you the rewards. Follow the InfoSec experts in Twitter /Facebook and try learning new hunting methodologies from their personal blog. Moreover, patience is highly recommended if you are a beginner. Once you jump in, you will get used to it.
11. What do you think about E Hacking News?
E Hacking News (EHN) is doing a great job and it is one of the Best IT Security/Hacking News Portal I have ever come across. I must appreciate your efforts in bringing up the real news on IT Security from around the world to all the Readers. Also must mention BreakTheSecurity.com which is with a hand full of Tutorials on Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking for Beginners. Kudos to your efforts!! I would suggest continuing the publication of monthly Security Magazine from EHackerNews.
12. Is there anything else you want to add?
Nothing else I have. I wish all Bug Hunters very Good Luck for their hunting and have a bright future. Thank you, Mr.Sabari Selvan for this opportunity to share my experience with all. Thanks everyone!!
1. Introduce yourself
Well, Name is "Rafay Baloch", I am the admin of http://rafayhackingarticles.net, My primary interests include Security Research, Penetration Testing and Blogging. Right now i am doing my bacehlors in computer science from Bahria University karachi.
2. How did you get into Information security field?
Well, From my childhood days i was interested in Information security, however if you are asking about the serious part, it has been around 3 years. Since I have started researching in this field.
3. When did you start Bug hunting?
I started bug hunting at the end of July 2012, when I saw Microsoft's resposnible disclosure page, that's where i started hunting bug.
4. What vulnerabilities have you discovered so far in your career as a Bug Hunter?
There are so many i cannot remember as i hunt for them every day, Almost all vulnerability types related to web application security i.e. RCE, LCE, RFI, LFI, Arbitary file upload, SQL Injection, XSS etc.
Usually, i find zero days and keep it private for testing purposes, however, i do release some of them periodically, you can check out my packet storm profile.
5. What is your first finding , how did you feel at that time?
I really don't remember, but my first big finding was an XSS vulnerability inside Microsoft India. I also reported Http parameter pollution vulnerability along with it.
6.What is the favorite vulnerability found by you?
My favorite vulnerability was a the remote code execution vulnerability i found last year inside paypal, i had access to very sensitive stuff, the paypal subdomain was behind a JBOSS server, I was able to bypass the authentication and upload my backdoor to execute commmands, Paypal paid me 10,000$ for it, though if i had found it inside Google they would have payed me 20,000$.
Along with it they offered me a job as a senior security Pentester. I was not able to go there due to my studies as i mentioned before that i am still doing bachelors.
7. How much have you earned so far from Bug hunting?
I would prefer to keep it confidential. But it's some where between 5 digits.
8. You're hunting bugs for fun, for profit, or to make the world a safer place?
Well, honestly, Little of every thing, First of all, I don't only hunt vulnerabilites on websites having bug bounty programs, I also report to websites that do not have them. Some to get listed in responsible disclosures and ofcourse to make the world a better place.
9.What is your future plans?
I am currently working on http://services.rafayhackingarticles.net, where i would be launching my own Penetration Testing company, along with it, I would be soon conducting some workshops related to Ethical hacking and Penetration testing, From educational perspective, i am planning to give my CCNP Switch paper this month.
10. What is your advice for new bug hunters?
For new bug hunters, i would say that the competition now is very high, almost every site having a bug bounty program has been researched by lots of researchers, so therefore you won't be lucky with tools automated tools like acunetix, netsparker. Therefore, try to look for the acquisitions and subdomains and go into places where no one has probably been before and try to do some unexpected things. You would have much much more chances of
11. What do you think about E Hacking News?
E Hacking News brings up with good content, however, what i would suggest you is to be more frequent with the website, it seems that you are alone doing the work, Any successful news website would have tons of authors to write the content, In this way, more people would subscribe to you.
12. Thanks for the advice , Is there anything else you want to add?
Just one thing that lots of companies have came up with responsible disclosures and hall of fames attracting security researchers to look at their websites for free, however, this would be decreasing the scope of Paid Penetration tests hence it would de-value it. Hence, i think we should all come up with a thing called "No-FREE BUGS".
