9.3 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
5.3%
Stephane Chauveau discovered that OProfile did not properly perform input
validation when processing arguments to opcontrol. A local user who is
allowed to run opcontrol with privileges could exploit this to run
arbitrary commands as the privileged user. (CVE-2011-1760, CVE-2011-2471)
Stephane Chauveau discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in
OProfile when processing the --save argument to opcontrol. A local user
could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of
the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-2472)