CVE-2011-1760

Exp

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.

Published: 2011-06-09 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-1760 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.37%). 9 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.28% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-1760

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1760

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.08% 1.37% +1.28%
2 2026-02-16 0.22% 0.08% -0.14%
3 2026-02-10 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-1760

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-1760

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-1760

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2011-1760: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-09), 25 atom(s) (app-admin/syslog-ng, app-misc/ca-certificates, …); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-1760
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1760
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-1760 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (oprofile), 5 status rows across 5 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1760

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-1760

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
maynard_johnson oprofile <= 0.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maynard_johnson oprofile 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-1760

URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212 Exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/29/3 Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/1 Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/2 Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/02/17 Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/2 Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7 Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/44790
http://secunia.com/advisories/45205
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47652 Exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883 Exploit Patch
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