CVE-2012-5530 (GCVE-0-2012-5530)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-29 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:05
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Summary
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.
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