CVE-2012-3440

CVSS V2 Medium 5.6 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-3440
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-08-08T10:26:19
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:34:22
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 5.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.9
  • Impact Score
  • 9.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54868
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1149
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3440
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844442 Exploit
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3440
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3440
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:06:31 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-02 19:03:36 2023-02-02T18:15:53 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 19:03:37 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. CVE-2012-3440 sudo: insecure temporary file use in RPM %postun script Description updated
2023-02-02 19:03:44 References updated
2023-02-13 05:05:04 2023-02-13T04:34:22 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:05:04 CVE-2012-3440 sudo: insecure temporary file use in RPM %postun script 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. Description updated