CVE-2011-1072

lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.48% (41st) EPSS

CVSS 3.3 · low

Is it mine?

29 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedphp-pear-1:1.9.4-4.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1741
Fixedphp-pear-1:1.9.4-4.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1741
Fixedphp-pear-1:1.9.4-4.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1741
Fixedphp-pear-1:1.9.4-4.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1741

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

3.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.03.3lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 4.9

v2.02.8lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

affected products (29)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
php pear≤ 1.9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 0.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 0.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 0.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 0.90nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.3.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear= 1.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2011:1741Red Hat Security Advisory: php-pear security and bug fix update2011-12-05csaf · redhat_csafUS
An updated php-pear package that fixes one security issue and multiple bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2011-03-03modified 2026-06-16

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references (56)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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