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CVE-2012-4427

Date: September 30, 2012

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.

Severity Score

6.1

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684215

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/26

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/08/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/18/3

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/19

Url: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779473

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55556

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4427

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4427

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-4427

Severity Score

6.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-94

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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