Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Toolbar 2.0.114.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script via about.html in the About section. NOTE: some followup posts suggest that the demonstration code's use of the res:// protocol does not cross privilege boundaries, since it is not allowed in the Internet Zone. Thus this might not be a vulnerability.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Google Toolbar 1.1.x - About.HTML HTML Injection EDB-24607 · remote · Sep 17, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1011351 vdb-entry
- 11210 vdb-entry
- google-toolbar-about-code-execution(17435) vdb-entry
- 20040918 Re: GoogleToolbar:About -- Allows Script Injection mailing-list
- 20040917 GoogleToolbar:About -- Allows Script Injection mailing-list
- 10037 vdb-entry
- 20040918 Re: GoogleToolbar:About -- Allows Script Injection mailing-list