Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-4511

Title: Gnome Libsocialweb Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-4511.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date Oct 22, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.81%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-4511: services/flickr/flickr.c in libsocialweb before 0.25.21 automatically connects to Flickr when no Flickr account is set, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Impacted Vendors

G
gnome 1

Reference Links

http://git.gnome.org/browse/libsocialweb/commit/?id=8c28ae1d5db5529020652cee3700c75341625503 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/23/5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863206 http://git.gnome.org/browse/libsocialweb/commit/?id=8c28ae1d5db5529020652cee3700c75341625503 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/23/5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863206
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-4511 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.