01 Record
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).
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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).
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-03-09 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-11-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f4a024a49060c2824b445f4e05400f9fcf7826666adbca5ca99ade26bdd945c7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20010618 pmpost - another nice symlink followerhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99290754901708&w=2
- archives.neohapsis.com20010619 Re: pmpost - another nice symlink followerhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0245.html
- www.securityfocus.com2887http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2887
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comirix-pcp-pmpost-symlink(6724)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6724
- patches.sgi.com20010601-01-Aftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010601-01-A