CVE-2007-3150: Google Desktop

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Google Desktop allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a man-in-the-middle attack that injects JavaScript, a www.google.com search IFRAME, and a META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" that targets a www.google.com search for a local .exe file, which is displayed in the "results stored on your computer" portion of the search results, and when clicked invokes Google Desktop to execute this file.

Affected products

• Google Desktop: any version

Published 2007-06-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.