php-pear: symlink vulnerability in PEAR installer
Published Mar 3, 2011
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.31%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.9.2
- 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
- 1.9.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php-pear
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
php-pear
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php-pear | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php-pear | 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 | 0.31% (0.00311) | 21.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00311) | 22.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00111) | 27.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 17.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- 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/bugs/bug.php?id=18056 x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1144 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681982 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65911 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1144
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1144
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| 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/bugs/bug.php?id=18056 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1144 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681982 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65911 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1144 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1144 |
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