{"id":"CVE-2024-45770","title":"Pcp: pmpost symlink attack allows escalating pcp to root user","summary":"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.…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-59"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"pcp","affected":["pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp (all versions)","pcp","pcp","pcp"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-09-19T13:39:14.632000Z"},"published":"2024-09-19","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T14:06:44.418Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45770","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6837","label":"RHSA-2024:6837"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6840","label":"RHSA-2024:6840"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6842","label":"RHSA-2024:6842"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6843","label":"RHSA-2024:6843"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6844","label":"RHSA-2024:6844"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6846","label":"RHSA-2024:6846"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6847","label":"RHSA-2024:6847"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6848","label":"RHSA-2024:6848"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9452","label":"RHSA-2024:9452"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45770"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310451","label":"RHBZ#2310451"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00288,"epssPercentile":0.21435,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T21:36:00.862Z","slug":"CVE-2024-45770","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp (all versions)`\n- `pcp`\n- `pcp`\n- `pcp`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nMitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":24,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":24.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}