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CVE-2012-3440 Details

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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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844442 CVEExploit
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54868 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844442 [email protected]Exploit
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
todd miller sudo
1.7.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3440
NVD Published Date:
Aug 8, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-3440 Details - Not Deferred