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CVE-2012-5530

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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 products

• Sgi Performance Co-Pilot: through 3.6.9; 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6 (+10)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56656
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56656
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842

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