CVE-2012-3492

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.

Published: 2012-09-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3492 is rated Moderate Risk (58.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.18%). EPSS rose +2.49% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3492

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.70% 3.18% +2.49%
2 2025-03-30 1.31% 0.70% -0.61%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.31% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3492

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3492

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3492

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-3492 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (condor), 3 status rows across 3 suites (forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3492
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3492
ubuntu low CVE-2012-3492 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (condor), 9 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): ignored 3, not-affected 3, DNE 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3492

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3492

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
condor_project condor 7.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3492

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