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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Maynard Johnson OProfile. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument --xen
with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the (1) --vmlinux, (2) --session-dir, or (3) --xen argument, related to the daemonrc file and the do_save_setup and do_load_setup functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.
The weakness was presented 06/09/2011 as Bug 700883 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2471 since 06/09/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55567 (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : oprofile vulnerabilities (USN-1166-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67980) and Tenable (55567).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 55567
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : oprofile vulnerabilities (USN-1166-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 802108
OpenVAS Name: OProfile Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 700883Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2471 (🔍)
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X-Force: 67980
Vulnerability Center: 32501 - OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via Shell Metacharacters, Medium
SecurityFocus: 48241 - OProfile Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 45205 - Ubuntu update for oprofile, Not Critical
Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 11/08/2021 14:11
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 03/29/2017 09:13 (13), 11/08/2021 14:11 (3)
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