VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2011-1144
CVSS score3.3 LOW
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-03-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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 (4) pear-build-download directories. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1072.
Weakness classification
- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')