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CVE-2012-3490

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-09 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

• HTCondor: from 7.6.0 before 7.6.10; from 7.8.0 before 7.8.4 — fixed in 7.6.10, 7.8.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HTCondor 7.6.10, 7.8.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://condor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=94e84ce4
• http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/8_3Stable_Release.html
• http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.8/9_3Stable_Release.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/9
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3490
• http://condor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=94e84ce4
• http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/8_3Stable_Release.html
• http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.8/9_3Stable_Release.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/9
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3490

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