CVE-2012-5530

PCP <3.6.10 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

References (4)

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56656

Scores

EPSS 0.0014

EPSS Percentile 34.5%

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (17)

sgi/performance_co-pilot < 3.6.9

sgi/performance_co-pilot

... and 2 more

Timeline

Published Nov 29, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026