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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-3386

Published: Aug 07, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
3.7 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3386
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AutomakeGnu*1.11.5 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.2 (including)1.2 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.3 (including)1.3 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.4 (including)1.4 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.4-p1 (including)1.4-p1 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.4-p2 (including)1.4-p2 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.4-p3 (including)1.4-p3 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.4-p4 (including)1.4-p4 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.4-p5 (including)1.4-p5 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.4-p6 (including)1.4-p6 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.6 (including)1.6 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.6.1 (including)1.6.1 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.6.2 (including)1.6.2 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.6.3 (including)1.6.3 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.7 (including)1.7 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.7.1 (including)1.7.1 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.7.2 (including)1.7.2 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.7.3 (including)1.7.3 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.7.4 (including)1.7.4 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.7.5 (including)1.7.5 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.7.6 (including)1.7.6 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.7.7 (including)1.7.7 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.7.8 (including)1.7.8 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.7.9 (including)1.7.9 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.8 (including)1.8 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.8.1 (including)1.8.1 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.8.2 (including)1.8.2 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.8.3 (including)1.8.3 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.8.4 (including)1.8.4 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.8.5 (including)1.8.5 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.9 (including)1.9 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.9.1 (including)1.9.1 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.9.2 (including)1.9.2 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.9.3 (including)1.9.3 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.9.4 (including)1.9.4 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.9.5 (including)1.9.5 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.9.6 (including)1.9.6 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.10 (including)1.10 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.10.0.3 (including)1.10.0.3 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.10.1 (including)1.10.1 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.10.2 (including)1.10.2 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.10.3 (including)1.10.3 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.11.1 (including)1.11.1 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.11.2 (including)1.11.2 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.11.3 (including)1.11.3 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.11.4 (including)1.11.4 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.12 (including)1.12 (including)
AutomakeGnu1.12.1 (including)1.12.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatautomake-0:1.9.6-3.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatautomake-0:1.11.1-4.el6*
AutomakeUbuntuhardy*
AutomakeUbuntulucid*
AutomakeUbuntunatty*
AutomakeUbuntuoneiric*
AutomakeUbuntuprecise*
AutomakeUbuntuquantal*
AutomakeUbunturaring*
AutomakeUbuntusaucy*
AutomakeUbuntutrusty*
AutomakeUbuntuutopic*
AutomakeUbuntuvivid*

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