CVE-2012-3386

N/A Unknown
Published: August 07, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The "make distcheck" rule in GNU Automake before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 grants world-writable permissions to the extraction directory, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
37th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264 CWE-362

Affected Vendors

gnu

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