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CVE-2012-3386

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3386 describes a race condition vulnerability in GNU Automake versions before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2. The "make distcheck" rule incorrectly sets world-writable permissions on the extraction directory, which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring local access, but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:automake:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: automake-0:1.11.1-4.el6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: automake15
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: automake16
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: automake17
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: automake15
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: automake16

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3386Low

automake: locally exploitable "make distcheck" bug

Jul 9, 2012

References

git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/automake.git/commit
ExploitPatch
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html
Patch
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html
Patch
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories