RCE in GNOME Gnome-Shell
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.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNOME Gnome-Shell — versions 3.4.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi (Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/19 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/08/1 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/18/3 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/26 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55556 (vdb-entry)