3.3

CVE-2011-1144: php pear Link Following

CVSS: 3.3v2.0LowModified
Published 03-03-2011Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-1144 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Link Following vulnerability in php pear. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
13/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-03-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

23%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.31% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Php1 product
  • pear≤ 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:rc1 | 1.4.0:rc2 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.1 | 1.6.1 | 1.9.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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