Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-5530

Title: Sgi Performance Co-Pilot

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-5530.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Nov 29, 2012

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.14%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

sgi 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56656 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56656 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-5530 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 29, 2012 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:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.