SPF whitelist of mandrill leads to email forgery

Disclosed: 2015-06-08 00:26:08 By mikebrooks To security
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Vulnerability Details
I just sent a forged email to [email protected] that appears to originate from [email protected]. I was able to do this because of the following SPF record: dig txt hackerone.com hackerone.com. 299 IN TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net include:mail.zendesk.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com ~all" Using my own mandrill account I can send email which appears to originate from hackerone. This is useful in phishing, and this type of vulnerability is news worthy (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/sendgrid-email-breach-was-used-to-attack-coinbase-a-bitcoin-exchange/). The patch is pretty simple. Complete your mandril registration process. This will lock out other mandrill users from sending email that originates from *@hackerone.com. Let me know if you need me to send another forged email, or if have any other questions. Thanks, Mike Brooks from Bishop Fox.
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  • Report ID: 56742
  • State: Closed
  • Substate: resolved
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