pcp: pmpost symlink attack allows escalating pcp to root user

A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot PCP. This flaw can only be exploited if an attacker has access to a compromised PCP system account. The issue is related to the pmpost tool, which is used to log messages in the system. Under certain conditions, it runs with high-level privileges...

IRIX pmpost vulnerability

SGI Security Advisory Title: pmpost vulnerability Number: 20010601-01-I Date: June 24, 2002 Reference: SGI Security Advisory 20010601-01-A Reference: CVE-2001-0823 - ----------------------- - --- Issue Specifics --- - ----------------------- It's been reported that the Performance Co-Pilot...

SGI Performance Co-Pilot 2.1.x2.2 - pmpost Symbolic Link

SGI Performance Co-Pilot 2.1.x2.2 - pmpost Symbolic Link // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2887/info Performance Co-Pilot PCP is a set of services to support system-level performance monitoring developed by SGI. It has traditionally been an IRIX product, however SGI has made it open...

SGI Performance Co-Pilot 2.1.x/2.2 - pmpost Symbolic Link

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2887/info Performance Co-Pilot PCP is a set of services to support system-level performance monitoring developed by SGI. It has traditionally been an IRIX product, however SGI has made it open source and it is now available for Linux systems. One of th...