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CVE-2012-4427

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4427 describes a vulnerability in the gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1, affecting GNOME, where remote attackers can force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org through a specially crafted web page. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity risk, as it can be exploited over the network with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0129 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/08/1
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/19
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/26
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/18/3
securityfocus.com / bid/55556