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New Vulnerability Discovered in LinkedIn Messenger [gbhackers]

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21 Aug 2017
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World’s largest professional network  LinkedIn That has more than 500 Million Registered users and LinkedIn messenger Platform Vulnerability Allows attackers spread Malware into victims by taking advantage of LinkedIn’s security restrictions Flow.

LinkedIn messenger is the Mostly used Future Platform which helps to professional to Share their skills, Messenger easily send resumes, transfer academic research and share job descriptions from the LinkedIn community.

 Normally,LinkedIn security restrictions scan the Malicious activities of the attached File when user send valid files via messenger.

But this LinkedIn messenger Flow allows attacker bypass the LinkedIn security restriction and send a Malicious file that normally looks like a legitimate file but actually its Malicious one.

Based on the LinkedIn Security Restriction, following file format allow to be uploaded and attached to a message.

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