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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 69.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-10-01 01:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c5ad6b86714a2bd8d4701260b13dc23a6a9d9b5bf3293c402b171c436fc5a5b6
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779473
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684215
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120913 Re: note on gnome shell extensionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/19
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120909 note on gnome shell extensionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/08/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120918 Re: Re: note on gnome shell extensionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/18/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120913 Re: Re: note on gnome shell extensionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/26
- www.securityfocus.com55556http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55556
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gnome-shell Fixed in 3.34.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gnome-shell Fixed in 3.34.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gnome-shell Fixed in 3.34.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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