CVE-2011-1072

Published: Mar 3, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-59

3.3LOW

NVD MITRE

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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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

php

oss-project·USaka pear, php language, pecl

pear

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164

bugs.debian.org

http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264

news.php.net

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12

openwall.com

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