CVE-2011-2471
8.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%
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.
References
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1
secunia.com/advisories/45205
www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67980
Related
8.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%