CVE-2011-2473 (GCVE-0-2011-2473)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-06-09 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Date Public
2011-05-03 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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