CVE-2012-4427

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

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.

Affected products

gnome-shell: 3.4.1

References

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

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