A vulnerability has been reported in Google Desktop Search, which can be exploited by malicious people to view local search results.

The problem is that it is possible for Java applets (and possibly JavaScript and other plug-ins) to trigger fake Google searches that will cause Google Desktop Search to return local results, which normally would be embedded in search results from Google. These results can then be read by the Java applet and sent back to a malicious web site.

Successful exploitation requires that a user is tricked into visiting a malicious web site.

Versions prior to 121004 are vulnerable.

Solution
Update to version 121004 or later.
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
Seth Fogarty, Seth Nielson, and Dan Wallach.

Original Advisory
http://seclab.cs.rice.edu/

Deep Links
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