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…

published June 7, 2012

CVSS
—
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03067 · 87.5th percentile
Published
2012-06-07T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 JUN 20:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5