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CVE-2011-2471

Date: June 9, 2011

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (14)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2471
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-2471
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67980
http://secunia.com/advisories/45205
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2471
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2471

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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