CVE-2012-4427 (GCVE-0-2012-4427)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-10-01 01:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:35
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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