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CVE-2011-1072
The installer in PEAR before 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the package.xml file, related…
Low3.3EPSS 0.48%
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- redhat
Description
The installer in PEAR before 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the package.xml file, related to the (1) download_dir, (2) cache_dir, (3) tmp_dir, and (4) pear-build-download directories, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2519.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.48% · top 59% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (19)
- [oss-security] 20110228 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43533 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110228 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:1741 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110228 CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- pear-pear-installer-symlink(65721) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46605 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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