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CVE-2012-5390

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5390 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the condor_shadow.std component of Condor versions 7.7.3 through 7.7.6, 7.8.0 before 7.8.5, and 7.9.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to gain full system privileges (CVSS 10.0) by submitting a specially crafted standard universe job due to improper privilege checks. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not currently a high-profile threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0249 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5390Important

condor: privilege escalation via jobs submitted to the standard universe (CONDOR-2012-0003)

Oct 22, 2012

References

research.cs.wisc.edu / htcondor/security/vulnerabilities/CONDOR-2012-0003.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51862
securityfocus.com / bid/57328