CVE-2011-2473

MediumCVSS 6.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

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

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