According to LastPass, the company fast developed a security patch while substantiated that Tavis comprehended the solution.Įncountering a flaw for LastPass isn't new.
This helped the company, famous for its password manager, towards patching the software flaw and releasing updates for the benefit of end-users.
Ormandy notified LastPass prior to making the flaw publicly known. LastPass admits the flaw is exploitable with several actions on the part of the LastPass end-user including him feeding the passphrase having LastPass' icon followed with going to a malware-ridden else hijacked website and eventually getting tricked into making several clicks on that site. The process of click-jacking involves tricking an end-user into pressing the key on a disguised element thereby inadvertently leading to disclosure of secret info, else even compromise of the device. He is a member belonging to the white-hat team of hackers which concentrates on detecting flaws within software, according to ZDNet. posted this, September 17, 2019.ĭiscovery of LastPass' Chrome software click-jacking flaw on 30th August is credited to Tavis Ormandy a researcher for Google Project Zero. This happens when the end-user presses the enter key on LastPass' "." option viewable inside login fields. Having over 10m end-users LastPass' extension functions to automatically feed passwords into A/C logins. If there's any flaw inside the software, attackers can exploit it for giving away end-users' login credentials provided those end-users go to certain hacker-hijacked website. LastPass in a security advisory has asked end-users to make its Chrome extension up-to-date with respect to the company's password manager. Flaw inside LastPass Chrome extension allows revelation of login credentials
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