Uninstalling Mattermost Launcher for Windows (64-bit), then reinstalling keeps you logged in without authentication
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annonmous
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Hello Team,
Hope you are doing great and enjoying a lot.
This issue affected me directly and I was very amazed by it, so I felt it was important to report it in case it was not known. It is resulting unintended behavior:
In addition to this report is very similar to both of already been Resolved hackerone reports
https://hackerone.com/reports/238260
https://hackerone.com/reports/1278261
Steps to reproduce:
1) Install The Mattermost Desktop App for Windows (64-bit).
2) Enter the Display name with Server URL
3) Login to Mattermost Desktop App
4) Uninstall Mattermost Desktop App
5) Reinstall Mattermost Desktop App
Conclusion: You will automatically be logged back in to your account, even though you uninstalled Mattermost Desktop App from your computer and did not enter a username/password to login to the fresh Mattermost Desktop App installation.
Thanks and have a good day ;)
Regards
@annonmous
## Impact
The Mattermost Desktop App uninstall process is fully automatic, there is no prompt or indication that there is data left behind. I believe it is reasonable to expect that when uninstalling Mattermost Desktop App users session data should have been removed. If I am a user on a shared user account (for example, if I borrowed a computer and I installed Mattermost Desktop App, but uninstalled it later), they can take full control of my account after the fact.
When testing this, I could access all of my messages and data, and even access the Mattermost Desktop App admin panel for my team that I am an administrator of.
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State
Closed
Substate
Resolved
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Weakness
Improper Restriction of Authentication Attempts