CVE-2011-2471

oprofile: Local privilege escalation via shell metacharacters

Published Jun 9, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the (1) --vmlinux, (2) --session-dir, or (3) --xen argument, related to the daemonrc file and the do_save_setup and do_load_setup functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2460 utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the (1) --vmlinux, (2) --session-dir, or (3) --xen argument, related to the daemonrc file and the do_save_setup and do_load_setup functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1166-1 OProfile vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:00 PM
Reserved
Jun 9, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 9, 2011, 9:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:31 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 26, 2011, 12:00 AM