Vulnerability CVE-2012-3292
Published: 2012-06-07   Modified: 2012-06-08

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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.6/10
10/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Globus -> Globus toolkit 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081797.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081791.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081787.html
http://jira.globus.org/browse/GT-195
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