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CVE-2001-0823

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The pmpost program in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 2.2.1-3 allows a local user to gain privileges via a symlink attack on the NOTICES file in the PCP log directory (PCP_LOG_DIR).

Affected products

• Sgi Performance Co-Pilot: 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6 (+6)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0245.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99290754901708&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2887
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6724
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0245.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99290754901708&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2887
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6724

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