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CVE-2012-3292

HIGH · CVSS 7.6EPSS 3.1%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
7.6 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
3.1% (88th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-3270)
Published
June 7, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3270 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit
  • globus / globus toolkit

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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