Vulnerability in Maynard Johnson Oprofile

CVE-2011-2473

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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