CVE-2012-3386

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.12%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html vendor advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html patch mailing list
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html patch mailing list
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html patch mailing list
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76 patch exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-3386?
CVE-2012-3386 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-3386?
To fix CVE-2012-3386, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-3386 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-3386 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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