Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-0823

Title: PCP pmpost symlink attack on NOTICES file

Privilege escalation

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2001-0823

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 06, 2001

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.61%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-0823: The pmpost program in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 2.2.1-3 allows a local user to gain privileges via a symlink attack on the NOTICES file in the PCP log directory (PCP_LOG_DIR).

Impacted Vendors

sgi 1

Reference Links

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010601-01-A http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0245.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99290754901708&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2887 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6724 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010601-01-A http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0245.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99290754901708&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2887 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6724

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-0823 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20937

View Code

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 06, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.