Path Traversal in Maynard Johnson Oprofile
CVE-2011-2472
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (43.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Maynard Johnson Oprofile — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7 (mailing-list, Patch)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/45205 (third-party-advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6 (mailing-list)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1 (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Exploit)
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254 (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67979 (vdb-entry)