Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2011-1072
CVE-2011-1072
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
26cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 25 more
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.9.1
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
19- news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264nvdPatch
- svn.php.net/viewvcnvdPatch
- pear.php.net/bugs/bug.phpnvdExploit
- pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/43533nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9nvd
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46605nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65721nvd
News mentions
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