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CVE-2011-2905

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Date: March 1, 2013

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the perf_config function in tools/perf/util/config.c in perf, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted config file in the current working directory.

Language: C

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Related Resources (9)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aba8d056078e47350d85b06a9cabd5afcc4b72ea
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-2905
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2905
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aba8d056078e47350d85b06a9cabd5afcc4b72ea
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2905
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/09/6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729808
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2905

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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