CVE-2011-2471
highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2
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affected products (24)
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references (27)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883cnnvd
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212enisa_euvd
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