PT-2012-6005 · Pcp+1 · Performance Co-Pilot+1

Thomas Biege · Published 2012-11-29 · Updated 2013-02-26 · CVE-2012-5530

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) versions prior to 3.6.10

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/##### temporary file. This is due to a vulnerability in the pcmd and pmlogger init scripts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.6.10, update to version 3.6.10 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /var/tmp directory to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5530

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10165-1

Affected Products

Performance Co-Pilot

Suse

References · 8

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5530 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5530 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5530 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5530 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56656 · Note