CVE-2012-3440 : Detail

CVE-2012-3440

A01-Broken Access Control
0.04%V3
Local
2012-08-08
08h00 +00:00
2016-11-25
18h57 +00:00
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CVE Descriptions

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 Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID Weakness Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

Metrics

Metrics Score Severity CVSS Vector Source
V2 5.6 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

EPSS is a scoring model that predicts the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited.

EPSS Score

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.
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0.950.950.770.770.590.590.400.400.220.220.040.040.89%0.89%0.89%0.89%0.89%0.95%0.04%0.04%0.04%Jul '22Jul '2220232023Jul '23Jul '2320242024
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EPSS Percentile

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.
3535282821211414770012%27%28%29%30%32%6%5%5%Jul '22Jul '2220232023Jul '23Jul '2320242024
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Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Todd_miller>>Sudo >> Version 1.7.2

Redhat>>Enterprise_linux >> Version 5

References

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