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 (4) pear-build-download directories. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1072.

Published: 2011-03-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-1144 is rated Low Risk (21.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1144

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 0.12% 0.31% +0.19%
2 2025-03-30 0.18% 0.12% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.18% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-1144

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-1144

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-1144

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2011-1144: 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-2011-1144
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1144
ubuntu low CVE-2011-1144 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php5), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): released 6, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1144

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-1144

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php pear <= 1.9.2 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php pear 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-1144

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