{"cve":"CVE-2012-3440","nvd":{"published":"2012-08-08T10:26:19.220","modified":"2026-06-16T23:43:13.657","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["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","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54868"],"products":["redhat:enterprise_linux","todd_miller:sudo"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-3440","score":0.00435,"percentile":0.37793,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}