HIGH
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)
Published Mar 9, 2002
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.97%
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).
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.6
- 2.1.7
- 2.1.8
- 2.1.9
- 2.1.10
- 2.1.11
- 2.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.97% 0.00975
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00975
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.97% (0.00975) | 60.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.97% (0.00975) | 57.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.24% (0.00238) | 44.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 74.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 53.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010601-01-A vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGIPatch
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0245.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99290754901708&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2887 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6724 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010601-01-A | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGIPatch | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0245.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99290754901708&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2887 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6724 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 9, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Nov 22, 2001
Link CVE-2001-0823
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a