CVE-2011-1760

OProfile < 0.9.6 - Local Privilege Escalation via Eval Injection in opcontrol

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2011-1760. PoCs published by Stephane Chauveau.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a command injection vulnerability in OProfile's opcontrol utility. By passing a malformed event specification, an attacker can execute arbitrary commands with superuser privileges if sudo is configured to allow opcontrol execution.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Stephane Chauveau · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35681

This exploit leverages a command injection vulnerability in OProfile's opcontrol utility. By passing a malformed event specification, an attacker can execute arbitrary commands with superuser privileges if sudo is configured to allow opcontrol execution.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: OProfile (versions prior to fix for CVE-2011-1760)
Auth required
Prerequisites: sudo access to opcontrol · OProfile installed on the target system
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/29/3
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/1
Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/45205
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/02/17
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47652
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44790
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254

Scores

EPSS 0.0137
EPSS Percentile 68.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (23)
maynard_johnson/oprofile 0.1
maynard_johnson/oprofile 0.2
maynard_johnson/oprofile 0.3
maynard_johnson/oprofile 0.4
maynard_johnson/oprofile 0.5
maynard_johnson/oprofile 0.5.1
maynard_johnson/oprofile 0.5.2
maynard_johnson/oprofile 0.5.3
maynard_johnson/oprofile 0.5.4
maynard_johnson/oprofile 0.6
... and 13 more
Published Jun 09, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026