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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 29, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-5530

CVE-2012-5530

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

17
  • Sgi/Performance Co Pilot17 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 16 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.6.9
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:3.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:3.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:3.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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References

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