Vulnerability in Google Gears
CVE-2008-6512
Cross-domain vulnerability in the WorkerPool API in Google Gears before 0.5.4.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and the intended access restrictions of the allowCrossOrigin function by hosting an assumed-safe file type containing Google Gear commands on the target domain, then accessing that file from the attacking domain, whose response headers are not checked and cause the worker code to run in the target domain.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.047 (91.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Google Gears — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
References
- blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2008/12/breaking-google-gears-cross-origin-communicat… (Exploit)
- code.google.com/apis/gears/upcoming/api_workerpool.html (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47173 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33062 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32698 (vdb-entry)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-December/066291.html (mailing-list)