CVE-2011-2472

oprofile: Directory traversal vulnerability in utils/opcontrol

Published Jun 9, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2461 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1166-1 OProfile vulnerabilities
History

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:00 PM
Reserved
Jun 9, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 9, 2011, 9:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:31 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 26, 2011, 12:00 AM