CVE-2012-3440

N/A Unknown

Published: August 08, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54868

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844442

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54868

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844442

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.4%

35th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

Affected Vendors

redhat todd_miller

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