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CVE-2011-2471

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.48%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2011-06-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2011-2471
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.48%
Linux

Original NVD Description

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.