Blackberry Website - URL Redirection Vulnerability

Document Title:
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Blackberry Website - URL Redirection Vulnerability


References (Source):
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=340


Release Date:
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2011-12-14


Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):
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340


Product & Service Introduction:
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BlackBerry is a line of mobile e-mail and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) since 1999.
BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming 
devices, and much more. They are primarily known for their ability to send and receive (push) e-mail and instant messages while maintaining
a high level of security through on-device message encryption. Blackberry devices support a large variety of instant messaging features,
including BlackBerry Messenger.

(Copy of the Vendor Homepage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry)


Abstract Advisory Information:
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A Vulnerability-Lab researcher discovered an URL redirection vulnerability on the Blackberry main website.


Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:
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2011-10-25:	Vendor Notification #1
2011-11-21:	Vendor Notification #2
2011-12-11:	Vendor Notification #3
2011-12-14:	Public or Non-Public Disclosure


Discovery Status:
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Published


Exploitation Technique:
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Remote


Severity Level:
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Low


Technical Details & Description:
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An URL redirection vulnerability is detected on the Blackberry vendor website. The vulnerability allows remote 
attackers to redirect Blackberry  customers to another website. Successful exploitation of the client-side vulnerability 
can result in phishing, client site manipulation & account steal.


Vulnerable Module(s):
				                        [+] Search

Affected Module(s):
							[+] blackberry.com


Proof of Concept (PoC):
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The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers on client-side via required user inter action.

PoC:
http://us.blackberry.com/navigation/search.do?domainID=47&firstTime=true&pageQueryString=20&pageServletPath=
http://www.vulnerability-lab.com&q=&searchMode=simple&wasSearchTextPage=true


Reference(s): 
http://[Website]/[path]/search.do?domainID=47&firstTime=true&pageQueryString=20&pageServletPath=[redirect-to]
&q=&searchMode=simple&wasSearchTextPage=true


Security Risk:
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The security risk of the URL redirection vulnerability is estimated as low(+).


Credits & Authors:
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Vulnerability Research Laboratory -  Ismail Kaleem


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