Re: [Full-disclosure] Cross Site Identification (CSID) attack. Description and demonstration.

2010-01-16 Thread Ronen Z
Hi Chris, I feel that while the two are similar, they are not the same. CSRF by OWASP definition is ...an attack which forces an end user to execute unwanted actions on a web application in which he/she is currently authenticated. In contrast, the exploits described in the paper require the end

Re: [Full-disclosure] Cross Site Identification (CSID) attack. Description and demonstration.

2010-01-16 Thread Christian Sciberras
Sounds like automated vs manual approach. But in the end, I think they are interchangeable. You can do an automated XSID via writing GET from inside an iframe/image. It may be correct by OWASP definition, but it's the same end result - a request sent from a different sender then expected, whether

[Full-disclosure] Cross Site Identification (CSID) attack. Description and demonstration.

2010-01-13 Thread Ronen Z
Hi, A new type of vulnerability is described in which publicly available information from social network sites obtained out of context, can be used to identify a user in cases where anonymity is taken for granted. This attack (dubbed Cross Site Identification, or CSID) assumes the following

Re: [Full-disclosure] Cross Site Identification (CSID) attack. Description and demonstration.

2010-01-13 Thread Christian Sciberras
I'm confused, isn't this just like XSRF (cross-site request forgery)? Regards, Chris. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Ronen Z ro...@quaji.com wrote: Hi, A new type of vulnerability is described in which publicly available information from social network sites obtained out of context, can

Re: [Full-disclosure] Cross Site Identification (CSID) attack. Description and demonstration.

2010-01-13 Thread Christian Sciberras
{hahahaha} In fact, I didn't see Gmail mentioned anywhere. Perhaps it just affects JSON/AJAX-intensive-without-XSRF-tokens sites? On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Benji m...@b3nji.com wrote: yes, but scarier BECAUSE IT INVOLVES FACEBOOK ARGH! On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Christian

Re: [Full-disclosure] Cross Site Identification (CSID) attack. Description and demonstration.

2010-01-13 Thread Benji
yes, but scarier BECAUSE IT INVOLVES FACEBOOK ARGH! On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Christian Sciberras uuf6...@gmail.comwrote: I'm confused, isn't this just like XSRF (cross-site request forgery)? Regards, Chris. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Ronen Z ro...@quaji.com wrote: Hi,