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MB blog: Vulnerability in Hangouts Chat: from open redirect to code execution

Vulnerability in Hangouts Chat: from open redirect to code execution

The Hangouts Chat desktop client is an Electron app with no address bar, so redirecting its main window to an attacker domain leaves the user no way to tell. Chaining a chat.google.com/accounts redirect with a known open redirect on accounts.google.com loads an attacker-controlled login page inside the app window, giving highly credible phishing.

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Vulnerability in Hangouts Chat: from open redirect to code execution

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• Collected in the 2018 research round

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• open-redirect
• electron
• ui-redress
• attack-chain
• bug-bounty
• case-study
• owasp-a04-2021

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