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SQL Injection Attack on Airport Security (www.schneier.com)

submitted 2 months ago by 0x0@programming.dev to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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Anyone with basic knowledge of SQL injection could login to this site and add anyone they wanted to KCM and CASS, allowing themselves to both skip security screening and then access the cockpits of commercial airliners.

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[–] cron@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We ended up finding several more serious issues but began the disclosure process immediately after finding the first issue.

How many vulnerabilities can there be in such a safety-critical application?

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

No for-profit will bother with security unless forced to, as it's seen as an expense and shareholders don't like that.

Edit: also:

We had difficulty identifying the right disclosure contact for this issue. We did not want to contact FlyCASS first as it appeared to be operated only by one person and we did not want to alarm them.

Emphasis mine.

[–] cron@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

Oh, the old "this is so obscure, nobody will find this out"-excuse