CVE-2008-6512 — Cross-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

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Cross-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

Published Mar 24, 2009

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.70%

Description

Cross-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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.70% 0.04703

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04703

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	4.70% (0.04703)	91.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.70% (0.04703)	90.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.48% (0.00477)	62.92th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.20% (0.02198)	89.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.20% (0.02198)	87.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	69.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	44.98th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (6)

http://blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2008/12/breaking-google-gears-cross-origin-communication-model.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://code.google.com/apis/gears/upcoming/api_workerpool.html#cross_origin
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-December/066291.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/33062
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32698
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47173
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2008/12/breaking-google-gears-cross-origin-communication-model.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://code.google.com/apis/gears/upcoming/api_workerpool.html#cross_origin		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-December/066291.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/33062		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32698		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47173		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 24, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 24, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6512

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6512

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6512