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CVE-2012-4427

The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page.

Published

2012-10-01T03:26:16.257

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnome	gnome-shell	3.4.1	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/08/1 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/19 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/26 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/18/3 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55556 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684215 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779473 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/08/1 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/19 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/26 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/18/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55556 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684215 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779473 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)