Vulnerability CVE-2012-4427
Published: 2012-09-30   Modified: 2012-10-01

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.

Type:

CWE-94

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

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> Gnome-shell 

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