CVE-2011-1072

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1072
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-03 01:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Pear 0.10 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.11 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.2.2 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.9 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.90 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.0 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.0.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.2 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.2.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.3 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.3.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.4 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.5 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.6 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.0 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.0 rc1 All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.0 rc2 All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.2 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.5.0 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.5.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.6.1 All All All
Application Php Pear All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PHP: Revision 308687 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.php.net Patch
PEAR Installer Insecure Temporary Files Security Issue - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
#546164 - pear download directory is inherited from the build - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
php.pear.cvs: svn: /pear/pear-core/tags/PEAR-1.9.2/ PEAR/Builder.php PEAR/Command/Install.php PEAR/Command/Package.php PEAR/Command/Pickle.php PEAR/Command/Remote.php PEAR/Downloader/Package.php PEAR/Downloader.php PEAR/Installer.php PEAR/PackageFile.php PEAR/REST.php package.xml package2.xml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.php.net Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
CVE-2011-1072 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-tracker.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
PEAR Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:187 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pear.php.net Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Bug #18056 :: [SECURITY]: Symlink attack in PEAR install af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pear.php.net Exploit
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