CVE-2012-3386
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-3386 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-08-07 21:55:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Problem Types: CWE-264 | CWE-362 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.10.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.10.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.10.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.11.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.11.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.11.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.11.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.4 | p1 | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.4 | p2 | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.4 | p3 | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.4 | p4 | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.4 | p5 | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.4 | p6 | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.7.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.7.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.7.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.7.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.7.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.7.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.7.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.7.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.8.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.8.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.9.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.9.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | 1.9.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Automake | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE-SU-2012:1519-1: automake: fixed a race condition | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: automake-1.11.6-1.fc17 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:103 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: automake17-1.7.9-16.fc17 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| automake.git - GNU Automake | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.savannah.gnu.org | Exploit, Patch |
| GNU Automake 1.11.6 released (fixes a SECURITY VULNERABILITY!) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.gnu.org | Patch |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| CVE-2012-3386 Automake security fix for 'make distcheck' | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.gnu.org | Patch |
| GNU Automake 1.12.2 released (fixes a SECURITY VULNERABILITY!) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.gnu.org | Patch |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: automake-1.11.6-1.fc16 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE-2012-3386 - Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Bug 838286 – CVE-2012-3386 automake: locally exploitable "make distcheck" bug | MITRE | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.