CVE-2012-4427

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2012-4427

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2012-10-01T03:26:16

Last Modified Date
2012-10-02T04:00:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-94	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.4.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55556
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684215	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/18/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/19
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/26
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779473	Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/08/1	Exploit

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4427
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4427

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:50:46				Added to TrackCVE