Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Desktop allows remote attackers to bypass protection schemes and inject arbitrary web…

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Desktop allows remote attackers to bypass protection schemes and inject arbitrary web script or HTML, and possibly gain full access to the system, by using an XSS vulnerability in google.com to extract the signature for the internal web server, then calling the "under" parameter in Advanced Search with the proper signature.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

11.1% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 1017686 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://www.watchfire.com/resources/Overtaking-Google-Desktop.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20070221 Overtaking Google Desktop (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20070222 RE: Overtaking Google Desktop (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• VU#615857 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 2301 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 22650 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 33483 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:43 UTC.