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CVE-2012-3386

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
07/08/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.11.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.4:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.4:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.4:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.4:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.4:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.4:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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