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CVE-2002-1442

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-04-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Google toolbar 1.1.58 and earlier allows remote web sites to perform unauthorized toolbar operations including script execution and file reading in other zones such as "My Computer" by opening a window to tools.google.com or the res: protocol, then using script to modify the window's location to the toolbar's configuration URL, which bypasses the origin verification check.

Affected products

• Google Toolbar: 1.1.41, 1.1.42, 1.1.43, 1.1.44, 1.1.45, 1.1.47 (+8)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2002-q3/0066.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/286527
• http://sec.greymagic.com/adv/gm001-mc/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5424
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2002-q3/0066.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/286527
• http://sec.greymagic.com/adv/gm001-mc/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5424

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