php-pear: symlink vulnerability in PEAR installer
Published Mar 3, 2011
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.48%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.9.1
- 0.2.2
- 0.9
- 0.10
- 0.11
- 0.90
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.3.1
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.5
- 1.3.6
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.6.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
php-pear-1:1.9.4-4.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2011:1741
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php-pear
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php-pear-1:1.9.4-4.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:1741 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php-pear | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 38.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00492) | 38.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00080) | 21.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (23)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43533 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:187 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46605 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1072 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681982 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65721 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1072
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1072
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