Vulnerability Details CVE-2012-3292
The GridFTP in Globus Toolkit (GT) before 5.2.2, when certain autoconf macros are defined, does not properly check the return value from the getpwnam_r function, which might allow remote attackers to gain privileges by logging in with a user that does not exist, which causes GridFTP to run as the last user in the password file.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.025
EPSS Ranking 84.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.6
Products affected by CVE-2012-3292
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:*
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.2.0