CVE-2012-5530

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-11-18
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
875842: CVE-2012-5530 pcp: Insecure temporary file use flaws

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2012-5530 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank SUSE Security Team for reporting this issue. SUSE Security Team acknowledges Thomas Biege of SUSE as the original issue reporter.

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