CVE-2001-0823

high

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).

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6724

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99290754901708&w=2

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0245.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-12-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H