debian · CVE-2012-5530

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:48:31 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2012-5530 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pcp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

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.

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