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CVE-2008-6512

Cross-domain vulnerability in the WorkerPool API in Google Gears before 0.5.4.2 allows remote...

6.8 Medium

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.

Exploit likelihood

4.70%Up 3.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

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.

Record
CVE-2008-6512
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-6512
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-6479 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-6479
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mx6w-pwq2-mp59 No score

Cross-domain vulnerability in the WorkerPool API in Google Gears before 0.5.4.2 allows remote...

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.

Record
GHSA-mx6w-pwq2-mp59
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2008-6512 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Google Gears, published March 24, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.70%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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