VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-1144
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.
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- php/pear
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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/bugs/bug.php?id=18056
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65911
- 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/bugs/bug.php?id=18056
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65911
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.