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CVE-2012-3490 Details

Description

The (1) my_popenv_impl and (2) my_spawnv functions in src/condor_utils/my_popen.cpp and the (3) systemCommand function in condor_vm-gahp/vmgahp_common.cpp in Condor 7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4 does not properly check the return value of setuid calls, which might cause a subprocess to be created with root privileges and allow remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://condor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=94e84ce4	CVE
http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/8_3Stable_Release.html	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.8/9_3Stable_Release.html	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3490	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/9	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://condor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=94e84ce4	[email protected]
http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/8_3Stable_Release.html	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.8/9_3Stable_Release.html	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3490	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/9	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wisc htcondor	>= 7.6.0, < 7.6.10 >= 7.8.0, < 7.8.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wisc:htcondor:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 29, 2020	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]