CVE-2012-5530

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 Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	*	3.6.9 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.1 (including)	2.1.1 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.2 (including)	2.1.2 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.3 (including)	2.1.3 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.4 (including)	2.1.4 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.5 (including)	2.1.5 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.6 (including)	2.1.6 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.7 (including)	2.1.7 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.8 (including)	2.1.8 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.9 (including)	2.1.9 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.10 (including)	2.1.10 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.11 (including)	2.1.11 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.2 (including)	2.2 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	3.6.4 (including)	3.6.4 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	3.6.5 (including)	3.6.5 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	3.6.6 (including)	3.6.6 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	3.6.8 (including)	3.6.8 (including)
Pcp	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	oneiric	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	precise	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	quantal	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	raring	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	saucy	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	utopic	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	vivid	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	wily	*

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5530
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

Affected Software

References