Vulnerability CVE-2011-2471
Published: 2011-06-09   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Maynard johnson -> Oprofile 

 References:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67980
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