01 Record
CVE-2011-1144
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-03-03 00:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-03-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 373cf30f756d26cc603e9459929028760a35a004e5ac6802467cd117be422bec
05 Affected products
06 References
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110228 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attackhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attackhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
- pear.php.nethttp://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attackhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compear-package-symlink(65911)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65911
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attackhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attackhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attackhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9