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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-06-09T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:00:33.852Z

Reserved: 2011-06-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-2471

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-06-09T21:55:01.277

Modified: 2017-08-29T01:29:25.207

Link: CVE-2011-2471

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-04-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2471 - Bugzilla