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CVE-2012-3440

A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.

  • Published: Aug 8, 2012
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2012-3440
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.6
  • AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
todd_miller / sudo 1.7.2 1.7.2.x
redhat / enterprise_linux 5 5.x