01 Record
CVE-2011-1760
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-06-09 19:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-04-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6801704bac18eedf89938a34da60e42efc9bc7bac8bddff8e0b466e204ada6de
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110429 CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudohttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/29/3
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110430 Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudohttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/1
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110510 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudohttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110511 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudohttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1
- secunia.com45205http://secunia.com/advisories/45205
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110502 Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudohttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/02/17
- www.securityfocus.com47652http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47652
- secunia.com44790http://secunia.com/advisories/44790
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110503 Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudohttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/2
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110510 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudohttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1166-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110430 Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudohttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/2
- www.debian.orgDSA-2254http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254