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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2001-0823 json

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…

published 2001-12-06 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0807

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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).

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20937)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20937 SGI Performance Co-Pilot 2.1.x/2.2 - pmpost Symbolic Link local, 2001-06-18
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2887 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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