Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-3355

RCE

Title: Gnome Rhythmbox RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-3355.

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Jul 17, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 3.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.56%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-3355: (1) AlbumTab.py, (2) ArtistTab.py, (3) LinksTab.py, and (4) LyricsTab.py in the Context module in GNOME Rhythmbox 0.13.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on a temporary HTML template file in the /tmp/context directory.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616673 http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-3355.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/7 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54186 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1503-1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678661 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=835076 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76538 https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15351848 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616673 http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-3355.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/7 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54186 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1503-1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678661 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=835076 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76538 https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15351848

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-3355 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 17, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.