Google Gears up to 0.5 allowCrossOrigin privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Gears 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function allowCrossOrigin. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-6512. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Gears 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function allowCrossOrigin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 03/24/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-6512 since 03/24/2009. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as highly functional.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47173), SecurityFocus (BID 32698†) and Secunia (SA33062†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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12/09/2008 +1 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2184 days 🔍
11/03/2018 +1327 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-6512 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6512
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47256
X-Force: 47173 - Google Gears allowCrossOrigin() cross-domain security bypass
SecurityFocus: 32698 - Google Gears WorkerPool API 'allowCrossOrigin()' Same Origin Policy Violation Vulnerability
Secunia: 33062 - Google Gears Cross-Site Scripting Weakness, Not Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 11/03/2018 18:00
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (51), 11/03/2018 18:00 (7)
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