VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-3292
CVSS score7.6 HIGH
EPSS probability3.07%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-06-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
The GridFTP in Globus Toolkit (GT) before 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 attackers 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.