CVE-2011-2472

Summary

CVE	CVE-2011-2472
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2011-06-09 21:55:01 UTC
Updated	2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector

Local

Access Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.1	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.2	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.3	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.4	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.5	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.5.1	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.5.2	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.5.3	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.5.4	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.6	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.6.1	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.7	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.7.1	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.8	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.8.1	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.8.2	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.9	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.9.1	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.9.2	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.9.3	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.9.4	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	0.9.5	All	All	All
Application	Maynard Johnson	Oprofile	All	All	All	All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2254-1 oprofile	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	openwall.com
#624212 - arbitrary command execution via sudo opcontrol - Debian Bug report logs	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	bugs.debian.org	Exploit
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 700883 – CVE-2011-1760 oprofile: Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	bugzilla.redhat.com	Exploit, Patch
USN-1166-1: OProfile vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.ubuntu.com
Ubuntu update for oprofile - Secunia.com	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	openwall.com	Patch
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	openwall.com
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.