5.6

CVE-2012-3440

Exploit
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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Todd Miller ≫ Sudo Version 1.7.2
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 5
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.44% 0.346
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
NIST 5.6 1.9 9.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
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.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54868
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844442
Exploit