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CVE-2011-1072

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1072 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in the PEAR installer, specifically versions prior to 1.9.2. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack targeting the package.xml file within various PEAR directories. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a local attack vector with medium attack complexity, resulting in partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-pear-1:1.9.4-4.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1072Low

php-pear: symlink vulnerability in PEAR installer

Nov 14, 2010

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
news.php.net / php.pear.cvs/61264
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
pear.php.net / advisory-20110228.txt
Vendor Advisory
pear.php.net / bugs/bug.php
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/43533
Vendor Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2011-1072
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/65721
svn.php.net / viewvc
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.html
securityfocus.com / bid/46605