{"cve":"CVE-2011-2471","nvd":{"published":"2011-06-09T21:55:01.277","modified":"2026-06-16T23:31:24.217","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1"],"products":["maynard_johnson:oprofile"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:58:50.521460154+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-2471","score":0.00484,"percentile":0.41701,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}