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CVE-2011-2473

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
09/06/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The do_dump_data function in utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted --session-dir argument in conjunction with a symlink attack on the opd_pipe file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.9.6 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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