{"cve":"CVE-2012-3292","nvd":{"published":"2012-06-07T20:55:02.353","modified":"2026-06-16T23:42:56.630","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://jira.globus.org/browse/GT-195","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081787.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081791.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081797.html","http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2523"],"products":["globus:globus_toolkit"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-3292","score":0.03067,"percentile":0.87634,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}