cve/2011/CVE-2011-2905.md

### [CVE-2011-2905](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2905)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1

#### Github
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