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CVE-2012-3491 json

src/condor_schedd.V6/schedd.cpp in Condor 7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4 does not properly check the permissions of jobs, which…

published 2012-09-28 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3447

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

src/condor_schedd.V6/schedd.cpp in Condor 7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4 does not properly check the permissions of jobs, which allows remote authenticated users to remove arbitrary idle jobs via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • condor Debian 14, Debian 13 7.8.2~dfsg.1-1+deb7u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3491

  • cumin enterprise mrg 2 0.1.5444-3.el6
  • condor enterprise mrg 2 7.6.5-0.22.el6
  • sesame enterprise mrg 2 1.0-6.el6
  • wallaby enterprise mrg 2 0.12.5-10.el6
  • rubygems enterprise mrg 2 1.8.16-1.el6
  • ruby-json enterprise mrg 2 1.4.6-10.el6
  • condor-qmf enterprise mrg 2 7.6.5-0.22.el6
  • condor-kbdd enterprise mrg 2 7.6.5-0.22.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1281RHSA-2012:1278

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3491 updated cvss 1.7

condor: local users can abort any idle jobs

  • Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 5 Server v.2 condor 7.6.5-0.22.el5, wallaby 0.12.5-10.el5, condor-qmf 7.6.5-0.22.el5, condor-kbdd 7.6.5-0.22.el5, condor-wallaby 4.1.3-1.el5, ruby-wallaby 0.12.5-10.el5, +7 more Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-4.el5, cumin 0.1.5444-3.el5, condor 7.6.5-0.22.el5, wallaby 0.12.5-10.el5, condor-qmf 7.6.5-0.22.el5, condor-kbdd 7.6.5-0.22.el5, +11 more Red Hat MRG Management for RHEL 5 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-4.el5, cumin 0.1.5444-3.el5, wallaby 0.12.5-10.el5, python-wallaby 0.12.5-10.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1278
  • Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 6 ComputeNode v.2 condor 7.6.5-0.22.el6, rubygems 1.8.16-1.el6, wallaby 0.12.5-10.el6, condor-qmf 7.6.5-0.22.el6, condor-kbdd 7.6.5-0.22.el6, condor-wallaby 4.1.3-1.el6, +9 more Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 6 Server v.2 condor 7.6.5-0.22.el6, wallaby 0.12.5-10.el6, condor-qmf 7.6.5-0.22.el6, condor-kbdd 7.6.5-0.22.el6, condor-wallaby 4.1.3-1.el6, ruby-wallaby 0.12.5-10.el6, +7 more Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-6.el6, cumin 0.1.5444-3.el6, condor 7.6.5-0.22.el6, rubygems 1.8.16-1.el6, wallaby 0.12.5-10.el6, ruby-json 1.4.6-10.el6, +43 more Red Hat MRG Management for RHEL 6 ComputeNode v.2 sesame 1.0-6.el6 Red Hat MRG Management for RHEL 6 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-6.el6, cumin 0.1.5444-3.el6, wallaby 0.12.5-10.el6, python-wallaby 0.12.5-10.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1281
  • Red Hat MRG Messaging for RHEL 5 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-4.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1278
  • Red Hat MRG Messaging for RHEL 6 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-6.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1281

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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