CVE-2012-3419

Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 exports some of the /proc file system, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information such as proc/pid/maps and command line arguments.

Published: 2012-08-27 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-3419 is rated Moderate Risk (47.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.40%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3419

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 2025-03-30 1.55% 1.40% -0.15%
2 2025-03-29 1.40% 1.55% +0.15%
3 2025-03-19 1.40%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3419

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3419

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3419

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-3419 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pcp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3419
suse medium CVE-2012-3419 severity moderate: SUSE including 260 source package names (libpcp-devel-3.10.4-1.23, libpcp-devel-3.11.9-3.116, …), 306 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, … (16 product lines)): Fixed 306. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3419/
ubuntu low CVE-2012-3419 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pcp), 16 status rows across 16 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 10, not-affected 3, DNE 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3419

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3419

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgi performance_co-pilot <= 3.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3419

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