Gmail Account Hijacking Vulnerability

(Thursday, December 22. 2005)

There was a vulnerability in Google's Gmail service which allowed it to take control over an arbitrary mail account without requiring any cookie thefts. According to the bug spotter the vulnerability was fixed by Google on October 18.

http://www.elhacker.net/gmailbug/english_version.htm

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