CVE-2007-1085
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 11.1% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1082)
- Published
- February 23, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1082 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / desktop
References
- http://osvdb.org/33483
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2301
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/615857(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460735/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460928/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22650(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017686
- http://www.watchfire.com/resources/Overtaking-Google-Desktop.pdf
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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