CVE-2011-1144

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

The installer in PEAR 1.9.2 and earlier 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1072.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65911
Source: cve@mitre.org
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/bugs/bug.php?id=18056
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65911
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
23th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

Affected Vendors

php

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