CVE-2011-1760

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to conduct eval injection attacks and gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the -e argument.

Affected products

Maynard Johnson Oprofile: through 0.9.6; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.5.1 (+16)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/29/3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/02/17
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/44790
http://secunia.com/advisories/45205
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254

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