CVE-2012-5390

The standard universe shadow (condor_shadow.std) component in Condor 7.7.3 through 7.7.6, 7.8.0 before 7.8.5, and 7.9.0 does no properly check privileges, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted standard universe job.

Published: 2014-06-06 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5390 is rated High Risk (69.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.49%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5390

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 1.87% 2.49% +0.62%
2 2025-03-30 3.50% 1.87% -1.62%
3 2025-03-29 3.50%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5390

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5390

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5390

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2012-5390 unimportant 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-2012-5390
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5390
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5390 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (condor), 9 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): ignored 4, DNE 2, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5390

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5390

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
condor_project condor 7.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5390

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