CVE-2011-2473

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-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 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/2011/05/03/1
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://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67978
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1
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

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