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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-08-07 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 13f41f9521e6d7b8fa442926e053d1b46005a3f19c5d2d8018c39b30055da75a
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-14770http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:103http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1519http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-14349http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0526http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html
- lists.gnu.org[automake] 20120709 GNU Automake 1.11.6 released (fixes a SECURITY VULNERABILITY!)https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html
- lists.gnu.org[automake] 20120709 GNU Automake 1.12.2 released (fixes a SECURITY VULNERABILITY!)https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html
- lists.gnu.org[automake] 20120709 CVE-2012-3386 Automake security fix for 'make distcheck'https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-14297http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- automake1.11 Fixed in 1:1.11.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- automake Fixed in 1:1.4-p6-13.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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