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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6479)
- Published
- March 24, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6479 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / gears
- google / gears
- google / gears
- google / gears
- google / gears
References
- http://blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2008/12/breaking-google-gears-cross-origin-communication-model.html(Exploit)
- http://code.google.com/apis/gears/upcoming/api_workerpool.html#cross_origin(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-December/066291.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33062(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32698
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47173
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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