Unvalidated Redirects on Oracle Identity Manager
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[ADVISORY INFORMATION]
Title: Unvalidated Redirects on Oracle Identity Manager
Discovery date: 10/12/2013
Release date: 03/04/2014
Vendor Homepage: www.oracle.com
Version: Oracle Identity Manager 11g R2 SP1 (11.1.2.1.0)
Credits: Giuseppe D'Amore (http://it.linkedin.com/pub/giuseppe-d-amore/69/37/66b)
[VULNERABILITY INFORMATION]
Class: Unvalidated Redirects
Category: Web
AFFECTED PRODUCTS]
This security vulnerability affects:
* Oracle Identity Manager 11g R2 SP1 (11.1.2.1.0)
[VULNERABILITY DETAILS]
Sending to a legitimate user the following request:
https://trusteddomainname/identity/faces/firstlogin?action=changepwd&backUrl=https://myevildomain/
it is possible, after the password change procedure, to redirect the user to a malicious domain.
Attacker links to unvalidated redirect and tricks victims into clicking it. Victims are more likely to click on it, since the link is to a valid site. So such redirects may attempt to install malware or trick victims into disclosing passwords or other sensitive information.
[DISCLOSURE TIME-LINE]
* 10/12/2013 - Initial vendor contact.
* 11/12/2013 - Oracle confirmed the issue is a new security vulnerability.
* 03/04/2014 - Oracle hasn't fixed this vulnerability yet.
* 03/04/2014 - Public disclosure.
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