CVE-2011-1072

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.

• CWE-59

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164
• http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
• http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txtVendor Advisory
• http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43533Vendor Advisory
• http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072
• http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687Patch
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:187
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46605
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65721
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164
• http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
• http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txtVendor Advisory
• http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43533Vendor Advisory
• http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072
• http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687Patch
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:187
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46605
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65721

Published

Mar 3, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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