oprofile: Local privilege escalation via shell metacharacters
Published Jun 9, 2011
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.48%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.9.6
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.8
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
oprofile
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
oprofile
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
oprofile
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | oprofile | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | oprofile | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | oprofile | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat currently does not plan to address this issue. For details refer to: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883#c18
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00484) | 39.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00484) | 37.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 16.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45205 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2471 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712760 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67980 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2471
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2471
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