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CVE-2012-3386 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html	CVE
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html	CVE	Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html	CVE	Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html	CVE	Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103	CVE
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html	[email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html	[email protected]	Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html	[email protected]	Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103	[email protected]

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]
CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnu automake	<= 1.11.5 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:::::::: 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:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.10.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.10.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.10.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.10.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.11.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.11.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.11.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.11.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.12.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

gnu automake

<= 1.11.5

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]