CVE-2012-3492

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% 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-287

Description

The filesystem authentication (condor_io/condor_auth_fs.cpp) in Condor 7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4 uses authentication directories even when they have weak permissions, which allows remote attackers to impersonate users by renaming a user's authentication directory.

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=1db67805
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=CVE-2012-3492
http://condor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1db67805
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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