plug-in): Insecure temporary directory use by loading template files for 'Album', 'Lyrics', and 'Artist' tabs
Published Jul 17, 2012
3.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.56%
Description
(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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.13.3
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.88
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.6.4
- 0.6.5
- 0.6.6
- 0.6.7
- 0.6.8
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.8.3
- 0.8.4
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.6
- 0.8.7
- 0.8.8
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.3.1
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.4.1
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.6.90
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
- 0.10.0
- 0.10.0.90
- 0.10.1
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.1
- 0.11.2
- 0.11.3
- 0.11.4
- 0.11.5
- 0.11.6
- 0.12.0
- 0.12.1
- 0.12.2
- 0.12.3
- 0.12.4
- 0.12.5
- 0.12.6
- 0.12.7
- 0.12.8
- 0.13.0
- 0.13.1
- 0.13.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
rhythmbox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
rhythmbox
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | rhythmbox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | rhythmbox | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of rhythmbox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue affects the version of rhythmbox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.56% (0.00565) | 44.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.56% (0.00559) | 41.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00090) | 23.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616673 x_refsource_MISC
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-3355.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54186 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1503-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3355 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678661 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=835076 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76538 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15351848 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3355
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3355
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616673 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-3355.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/7 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54186 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1503-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3355 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678661 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=835076 | x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76538 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15351848 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3355 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3355 |
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