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
Published Feb 23, 2007
7.6
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.09%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.09% (0.11094) | 95.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.76% (0.10761) | 95.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 10.08% (0.10082) | 92.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.68% (0.05676) | 89.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 2.06% (0.02062) | 88.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.87% (0.03874) | 91.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2024 | 2.35% (0.02349) | 89.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2024 | 2.47% (0.02474) | 89.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 2.64% (0.02639) | 89.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 2.28% (0.02282) | 88.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 19, 2023 | 2.40% (0.02402) | 88.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 12, 2023 | 2.84% (0.02841) | 89.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 4, 2023 | 2.90% (0.02904) | 89.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01763) | 86.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.13% (0.03129) | 83.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.13% (0.03129) | 82.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.13% (0.03129) | 65.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://osvdb.org/33483 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2301 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/615857 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460735/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460928/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22650 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017686 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.watchfire.com/resources/Overtaking-Google-Desktop.pdf x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/33483 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2301 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/615857 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460735/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460928/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22650 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017686 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.watchfire.com/resources/Overtaking-Google-Desktop.pdf | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.