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Status: WontFix
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Closed: Mar 2018
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Type: Bug-Security



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Password Autofill enables changing account passwords without knowledge of old password

Reported by abinthom...@gmail.com, Mar 20 2018

Issue description

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VULNERABILITY DETAILS

ANY ONE CAN LOG-IN TO ANY GOOGLE ACCOUNT USING FORGOT PASSWORD LINK ->EVEN IF THEY ARE LOGGED OUT<- AND change password SO real USER cannot LOGIN LATER

(https://accounts.google.com/signin/v2/challenge/pwd?hl=en&passive=true&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.in%2Fwebhp%3Fei%3Dx8GvWoLuLMqCvQSP3oTIAg%26yv%3D2%26rct%3Dj&flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=AddSession&cid=1&TL=AHnYQLxsfrATj3lFWawDrfg-SH1fSt_5vydRJ5GXZklu90kxd1-5I7W3Pz1Fg_RCY5HeWHPhcAvbhR0TKLLC4pOytPgPhmw5PeZFYdVi0CjROTVxCve8c70HwJgNvnGZIaoLgNBLgFObUCChWU6uO9bRbfcx5UzSxA&navigationDirection=forward)  

HOW?
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PRE-conditions(important)
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->ONE USER USE ANY-SYSTEM(any os/bROWSERS) TO LOG-IN 
USING THEIR EMAIL ANS PASSWORD
->LATER HE LOGGED OUT

USING THE FORGET PASSWORD OPTION ONE JUST SIMPLY CAN change his/her password

[think that he/she is using a private/public internet-cafe of on an anonymous person's pc or tab for an emergency]

CRITICAL-POINT
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->user accidentally click on save password(i know any one can use saved key to log-in later, but that is not iam try to say ,i find an alternative way to a different situation ) 

->so user is logged-out 
->now we use forget password link to trying o change his/her password using the following steps:

step1: {NOW A PAGE SAYING "enTER THE LAST PASSWORD YOU REMEMBER USING WITH THIS GOOGLE ACCOUNT"}

STEP2:{SINCE COOKIE AUTO FILL "ENTER LAST PASSWORD" FIELD}
NOTE:WE CANNOT READ CURRENT PASSWORD SINCE IT APEAR LIKE ......}

STEP3: CLICK NEXT WE GET A MESSAGE SUCCESS-AND A MESSAGE "YOU CAN CONTINUE OR STILL YOU NEED TO CHANGE PASSWORD" AND A CONTINUE BOTTON AND A CHANGE PASSWORD OPTION

STEP4: CLICK CHANGE-PASSWORD BUTTON ,A PAGE WITH NEW PASSWORD AND CONFIRM PASSWORD WILL BE DISPLAYED
(HERE NOTE THAT GOOGLE IS NOT ASKING FOR CURRENT-PASSWORD (MANUALLY TO TYPE))

STEP5:YOU ENTER UR NEW PASSWORD AND LOGIN-IN USING NEW PASSWORD WITH OUT KNOWNG REAL PASSWORD

->HERE REAL USER CANNOT BE USE HIS OR HER ACCOUNT ANY MORE->

SOLUTION:
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NEED AN EXTRA FIELD FOR MANUALLY ENTERING CURRENT PASSWORD(NOT FROM COOKIES)

I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IAM TRYING TO EXPLAIN

HOPE U WILL RESOLVE IT IMMEDIATELY

CONTACT ME (INDIA)9745659537,8281177780


VERSION
Chrome Version: [x.x.x.x] + [stable, beta, or dev]
Operating System: [Please indicate OS, version, and service pack level]

REPRODUCTION CASE
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Components: UI>Browser>Passwords
Status: WontFix (was: Unconfirmed)
Summary: Password Autofill enables changing account passwords without knowledge of old password (was: LOGED-OUT BT CAN CHANGE PASSWORD)
The complaint here is that password autofill stores the user's password, and a user, without knowledge of the password but with a computer that has stored it, can subsequently change that password.

This bug report is predicated on the incorrect belief that a user with a browser that has saved a password cannot recover that password from the browser. This is incorrect; unmasking the password is trivial. See https://textslashplain.com/2017/10/16/stealing-your-own-password-is-not-a-vulnerability/ for instance.

It is never safe to enter your password (and especially never safe to save your password) on a PC that is not your own. Please see https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/security/faq.md#Why-arent-physically_local-attacks-in-Chromes-threat-model for a more thorough explanation.
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Comment 2 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Jun 26 2018

Labels: -Restrict-View-SecurityTeam allpublic
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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