CVE-2012-3440

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.6 EPSS 0.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-08-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.6. It affects Linux.

CVE

CVE-2012-3440

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

5.6

EPSS

0.43%

Linux

Original NVD 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.