CVE-2012-5530
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.1
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.7.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.7.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.7.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.7.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.7.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | {"endIncluding":"3.6.9"} | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.1 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.2 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.3 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.4 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.5 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.6 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.7 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.8 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.9 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.10 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.1.11 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 2.2 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 3.6.4 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 3.6.5 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 3.6.6 | |
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | 3.6.8 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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