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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…

Medium4.4EPSS 0.47%
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Updated
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redhat

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2012-3386, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.

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