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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Automake — versions 1.0, 1.2, 1.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/ (Exploit, Patch)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html (vendor-advisory)
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.