CVE-2012-3491

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

src/condor_schedd.V6/schedd.cpp in Condor 7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4 does not properly check the permissions of jobs, which allows remote authenticated users to remove arbitrary idle jobs via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Condor Project Condor: 7.6.0, 7.6.1, 7.6.2, 7.6.3, 7.6.4, 7.6.5 (+8)

References

http://condor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1fff5d40
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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1278.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1281.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50666
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55632
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848214
http://condor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1fff5d40
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

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