7.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2012-3292

Published: 07/06/2012 Updated: 07/09/2012
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 4.9
VMScore: 676
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The GridFTP in Globus Toolkit (GT) prior to 5.2.2, when certain autoconf macros are defined, does not properly check the return value from the getpwnam_r function, which might allow remote malicious users to gain privileges by logging in with a user that does not exist, which causes GridFTP to run as the last user in the password file.

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