Local Privilege Escalation in OProfile 0.9.6 and Earlier via Shell Metacharacters in -e Argument

CVE-2011-1760 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to conduct eval injection attacks and gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the -e argument.

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