CVE-2011-2472

MediumCVSS 6.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the --save argument, related to the --session-dir argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.3/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 9, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2011-2472: Medium severity, CVSS 6.3 | Vulnix