CVE-2012-3386
N/A
Published: August 7, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAutomake
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html
References (10)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-362
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