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.
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 Desktop - Cross-Site Scripting EDB-29623 · webapps · Feb 21, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1017686 vdb-entry
- http://www.watchfire.com/resources/Overtaking-Google-Desktop.pdf
- 20070221 Overtaking Google Desktop mailing-list
- 20070222 RE: Overtaking Google Desktop mailing-list
- VU#615857 third-party-advisory
- 2301 third-party-advisory
- 22650 vdb-entry
- 33483 vdb-entry