CVE-2011-2472

high

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the --save argument, related to the --session-dir argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67979

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254

http://secunia.com/advisories/45205

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-06-09

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018