CVE-2012-3490: Wisc Htcondor

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Wisc Htcondor: from 7.6.0, before 7.6.10 (fixed in 7.6.10); from 7.8.0, before 7.8.4 (fixed in 7.8.4)

Published 2020-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.