{"cve":"CVE-2012-3386","nvd":{"published":"2012-08-07T21:55:01.420","modified":"2026-06-16T23:43:07.307","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264","CWE-362"],"references":["http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html"],"products":["gnu:automake"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-3386","score":0.00474,"percentile":0.41032,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}