CVE-2001-0823

Exp

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).

Published: 2001-12-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0823 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0823

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20937 exploit_db edb 2001-06-18 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0823

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.61% 0.97% +0.36%
2 2025-10-22 0.24% 0.61% +0.38%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0823

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0823

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0823

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0823

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