CVE-2011-1760 describes an eval injection vulnerability in utils/opcontrol of OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier, allowing local users to gain privileges by injecting shell metacharacters into the -e argument. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this high-severity flaw has low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog and with no active Metasploit or Nuclei exploits, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-35681) confirms the existence of public exploit code for local privilege escalation. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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