automake: locally exploitable "make distcheck" bug
Published Aug 7, 2012
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.47%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.11.5
- 1.0
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 1.7.7
- 1.7.8
- 1.7.9
- 1.8
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
- 1.9
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.4
- 1.9.5
- 1.9.6
- 1.10
- 1.10.0.3
- 1.10.1
- 1.10.2
- 1.10.3
- 1.11.1
- 1.11.2
- 1.11.3
- 1.11.4
- 1.12
- 1.12.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1243
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
automake-0:1.11.1-4.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0526
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
automake15
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
automake16
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
automake17
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
automake15
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
automake16
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1243 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | automake-0:1.11.1-4.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0526 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | automake15 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | automake16 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | automake17 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | automake15 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | automake16 | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00474) | 38.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00474) | 37.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00125) | 28.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.99% (0.01992) | 72.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00125) | 29.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3386 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838286 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3386
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3386
Change history (0)
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