CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-2473

6.3 MEDIUM Published 2011-06-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2011-06-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.3 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Affected configurations

• maynard johnson oprofile (<= 0.9.6) • maynard johnson oprofile 0.1 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.2 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.3 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.4 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.5 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.5.1 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.5.2 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.5.3 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.5.4 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.6 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.6.1 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.7 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.7.1 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.8 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.8.1 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.8.2 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.9 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.9.1 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.9.2 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.9.3 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.9.4 • maynard johnson oprofile 0.9.5

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References