VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-362
- Affected
- gnu/automake
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76Exploit, Patch
- 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.htmlPatch
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.htmlPatch
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.htmlPatch
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76Exploit, Patch
- 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.htmlPatch
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.htmlPatch
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.htmlPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.