CVE-2012-3292 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in GridFTP within Globus Toolkit before version 5.2.2. Specifically, it fails to properly validate the return value of getpwnam_r, potentially allowing remote attackers to log in with a non-existent user and execute GridFTP as the last user in the password file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.6, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, high attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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