CVE-2012-3386

GNU Automake < 1.11.6 and 1.12.x < 1.12.2 - Local Race Condition via World-Writable Extraction Directory

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 39.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-264 CWE-362
Status published
Products (44)
gnu/automake 1.0
gnu/automake 1.2
gnu/automake 1.3
gnu/automake 1.4 (7 CPE variants)
gnu/automake 1.5
gnu/automake 1.6
gnu/automake 1.6.1
gnu/automake 1.6.2
gnu/automake 1.6.3
gnu/automake 1.7
... and 34 more
Published Aug 07, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026