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.
Published: 2012-08-07
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3358 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.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00089}

epss

{'score': 0.00138}


Subscriptions

Gnu Automake
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.403Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3386

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-07T21:55:01.420

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3386

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-07-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3386 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses