Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-3440
CVE-2012-3440
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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
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