CVE-2008-6512

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-6512
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-24 14:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Gears 0.1 All All All
Application Google Gears 0.2 All All All
Application Google Gears 0.3 All All All
Application Google Gears 0.4 All All All
Application Google Gears All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Google Gears WorkerPool API 'allowCrossOrigin()' Same Origin Policy Violation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM Rational Application Security Insider: Breaking Google Gears' Cross-Origin Communication Model af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.watchfire.com Exploit
Google Gears Cross-Site Scripting Weakness - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[Full-disclosure] Breaking Google Gears' Cross-Origin Communication Model af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
WorkerPool API - Gears API - Google Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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