CVE-2012-5530

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.

Published: 2012-11-29 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5530 is rated Low Risk (19.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5530

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.14% +0.10%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5530

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5530

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5530

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-5530 low 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-2012-5530
suse medium CVE-2012-5530 severity moderate: SUSE including 259 source package names (libpcp-devel-3.10.4-1.23, libpcp-devel-3.11.9-3.116, …), 292 product×package rows across 12 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, … (12 product lines)): Fixed 292. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5530/
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5530 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pcp), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 9, not-affected 3, DNE 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5530

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5530

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgi performance_co-pilot <= 3.6.9 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 2.1.11 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 3.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 3.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:3.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 3.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:3.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi performance_co-pilot 3.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:3.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5530

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