CVE-2012-5530

critical

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56656

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-29

Updated: 2013-02-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical