CVE-2012-5530

N/A

Published: November 29, 2012 at 11:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPerformance Co Pilot

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

Description

The (1) pcmd and (2) pmlogger init scripts in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.10 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/##### temporary file.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Performance Co Pilot · Sgi

95%

v ≤ 3.6.92.1.1 2.1.10 2.1.11 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.1.6 2.1.7 2.1.8 2.1.9 2.2 3.6.4 3.6.5 3.6.6 3.6.8

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56656

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842

CVSS

2.1LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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