CVE-2011-1072

php-pear: symlink vulnerability in PEAR installer

Published Mar 3, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 3.3 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2408-1 php5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1087 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1126-1 PHP vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:14 PM
Reserved
Feb 24, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 3, 2011, 1:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:28 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 14, 2010, 12:00 AM