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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.4/10
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 7, 2012
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified