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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

2012-08-08T10:26:19.220

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

9.2

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-59
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application todd_miller sudo 1.7.2 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 5 Yes
References