CVE-2011-1760

oprofile: Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter

Published Jun 9, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to conduct eval injection attacks and gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the -e argument.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2254-1 oprofile security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2254-2 oprofile security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1759 utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to conduct eval injection attacks and gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the -e argument.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1166-1 OProfile vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00387}

epss

{'score': 0.0035}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:37 PM
Reserved
Apr 19, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 9, 2011, 7:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:29 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 26, 2011, 12:00 AM