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Low
CVE-2011-1072
The installer in PEAR before 1.9.2 allows local users to...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43533
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12
- http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:187
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65721
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687
- http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46605
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 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, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 3rd, 2011
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.