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    CVE-2012-3386

    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.

    Published:Jul 9, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 7, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.00138
    CVSS Score:4.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Automake
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76

    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
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html
    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
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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