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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-1072 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.08% | 0.49% | +0.41% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 0.04% | 0.08% | +0.04% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 2.0 | LOW |
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3.4 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
|
high | CVE-2011-1072: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-09), 25 atom(s) (app-admin/syslog-ng, app-misc/ca-certificates, …); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-1072 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1072 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2011-1072 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php5), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): released 6, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1072 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | pear | <= 1.9.1 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 0.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 0.9 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 0.10 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 0.11 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 0.90 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.3.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.3.5 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.3.6 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| php | pear | 1.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |