CVE-2012-3440 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. A specific Red Hat script allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.6, indicating a medium severity with high attack complexity but significant impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
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