CVE-2011-1072

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 03 Mar 2011, 00:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 22:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
23/100
CVSS Score
3.3 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Mar 2011, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 22:14
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.3AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 23%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-59•Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

    The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

Affected Systems

  • php•pear

    ≤ 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:rc1 | 1.4.0:rc2 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.1 | 1.6.1

References (19)