PT-2011-3354 · Oprofile · Oprofile

Published 2011-06-09 · Updated 2011-09-07 · CVE-2011-1760

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OProfile versions 0.9.6 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to conduct eval injection attacks and gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the -e argument. This is related to the utils/opcontrol component.

Recommendations For OProfile versions 0.9.6 and earlier, consider restricting access to the utils/opcontrol component until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using shell metacharacters in the -e argument to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1760

DSA-2254-1

DSA-2254-2

Affected Products

Oprofile

References · 17

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/02/17 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/47652 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/29/3 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/1 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/2 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/35681 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/2 · Exploit
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1760 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/45205 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6 · Note