CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-3490

8.8 HIGH Published 2020-01-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-01-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Affected configurations

• wisc htcondor (>= 7.6.0 < 7.6.10) • wisc htcondor (>= 7.8.0 < 7.8.4)

References