CVE-2012-3490 Privilege escalation in Condor
Remote attackers can gain root privileges due to improper return value checks in setuid calls within Condor's subprocess creation functions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-3490?
CVE-2012-3490 is a high-severity vulnerability in Condor, published on 9 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3490?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wisc Htcondor.
How do I fix CVE-2012-3490?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2012-3490 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3490 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Condor
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3490, GHSA-p9fv-x796-2hrm.