CVE-2012-3386

CVE Details

Release Date:2012-07-09

Description


It was found that the distcheck rule in Automake-generated Makefiles made a directory world-writable when preparing source archives. If a malicious, local user could access this directory, they could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running make

See more information about CVE-2012-3386 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 3.7 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (automake)ELSA-2014-12432014-09-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (automake)ELSA-2013-05262013-02-22



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