VulnerabilityModified
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 to the (1) download_dir, (2) cache_dir, (3) tmp_dir, and (4) pear-build-download directories, a different…
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- php/pear
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164
- http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
- http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txtVendor Advisory
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43533Vendor Advisory
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687Patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:187
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46605
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65721
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164
- http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
- http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txtVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.