CVE-2011-1072

N/A Unknown
Published: March 03, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/43533
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:187
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46605
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65721
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/43533
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:187
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46605
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65721
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

38 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
38th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

Affected Vendors

php

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