Is CVE-2012-5530 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-5530 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-11.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-5530?

CVE-2012-5530 has a CVSS score of 2.1 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2012-5530?

Patch guidance is available from sgi security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2012-5530.

CVE-2012-5530 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2012-5530?

17 products: sgi performance co-pilot, sgi performance co-pilot, sgi performance co-pilot, sgi performance co-pilot, sgi performance co-pilot, and 12 more.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector: local
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: partial
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-264

Metadata

Primary Vendor: SGI
Published: 11/29/2012
Last Modified: 4/11/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

sgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilot

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD