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Status: WontFix
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Closed: Mar 2016
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Type: Bug-Security



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Security: I was able to create a new account that is linked to my existing account.

Reported by vanessa....@gmail.com, Mar 17 2016

Issue description

VULNERABILITY DETAILS
I have an existing account that is vanessa.esquibal@gmail.com then I created a new account that is vanessaesquibal@gmail.com with a different password from my first or personal email address. I used my newly created account to a mobile app and I wonder why I am receiving the email confirmation to my personal email. I tried to open my second account with its correct password, but I can't open my account then I also tried to trouble shoot the password for vanessaesquibal@gmail.com, and I found out that vanessa.esquibal@gmail.com is asking for reset password instead of vanessaesquibal@gmail.com so I tried to use my personal password that I'm using for vanessa.esquibal@gmail.com and I was able to open my second account. I also tried to replicate my issue in Mozilla Firefox.

VERSION
Chrome Version: Version 49.0.2623.87 m + stable
FireFox Version: 44.0.2
Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise


REPRODUCTION CASE
1. Create a first account e.g. vanessa.esquibal@gmail.com
2. Create a second account e.g. vanessaesquibal@gmail.com with a different password from your first account.
3. Send email to your second account and then check if you are able to received the sent email to your second account. (if you are not able to open your second account, use your first account password for your second account)
4. Notice that I can't open my second account using its original password and I was able to open my first account email address.


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Comment 1 by mea...@chromium.org, Mar 17 2016

Status: WontFix (was: Unconfirmed)
Thanks for the report. Please note that Gmail ignores dots before the @ character, so both of those emails are in fact identical. You can read the details under the "Your address is similar but has more or fewer dots (.) or different capitalization" section at https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313?hl=en

Sounds like this is what's happening in your case where you can login to both accounts using the same password, so I'm closing this report as working as intended.
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Comment 2 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Jun 24 2016

Labels: -Restrict-View-SecurityTeam
This bug has been closed for more than 14 weeks. Removing security view restrictions.

For more details visit https://www.chromium.org/issue-tracking/autotriage - Your friendly Sheriffbot
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Comment 3 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Oct 1 2016

This bug has been closed for more than 14 weeks. Removing security view restrictions.

For more details visit https://www.chromium.org/issue-tracking/autotriage - Your friendly Sheriffbot
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Comment 4 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Oct 2 2016

This bug has been closed for more than 14 weeks. Removing security view restrictions.

For more details visit https://www.chromium.org/issue-tracking/autotriage - Your friendly Sheriffbot
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