7.6

CVE-2012-3292: globus globus_toolkit

CVSS: 7.6v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-3292DSA-2523-1
Published 07-06-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3292 is a high (CVSS 7.6) vulnerability in globus globus_toolkit. EPSS estimates a 3.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.6/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.07%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-06-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 3.10% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.07%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • globus-gridftp-server< 6.5-1 | < 3.23-1+squeeze1
Globus1 product
  • globus_toolkit≤ 5.2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4.3 | 3.0.2 | 3.2.1 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.0.8 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.3 | 5.0.4 | 5.0.5 | 5.2.0

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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