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Comment by ipince

Pardon my ignorance, but how are the passwords actually stolen?

If I understand correctly, this exploit lets you execute arbitrary code on the search results page. And in this case, the code will load up an iframe from a separate place in McD's domain, get the 'penc' cookie and decrypt your own password.

So you would still need to send a link to a McD registered user, who clicked in Remember Password, and then presumably send his/her decrypted password to your own servers (how?). And also somehow steal their username/email.

Is that correct?

parent ipince 9 years ago

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