CVE-2012-5530

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5530
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-29 13:14:37 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe (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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.1 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.10 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.11 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.2 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.3 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.4 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.5 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.6 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.7 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.8 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.9 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.2 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 3.6.4 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 3.6.5 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 3.6.6 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 3.6.8 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0190-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 782967 – VUL-0: CVE-2012-5530: pcp: pcmd init script, insecure tmp file handling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
875842 – (CVE-2012-5530) CVE-2012-5530 pcp: Insecure temporary file use flaws af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
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