Vulnerability in GNU Automake

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-3386?
CVE-2012-3386 is a vulnerability in GNU Automake, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-08-07.
Is CVE-2012-3386 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.