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).
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- SGI Performance Co-Pilot 2.1.x/2.2 - pmpost Symbolic Link EDB-20937 · local · Jun 18, 2001 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20010618 pmpost - another nice symlink follower mailing-list
- 20010619 Re: pmpost - another nice symlink follower mailing-list
- 2887 vdb-entry
- irix-pcp-pmpost-symlink(6724) vdb-entry