CVE-2014-5459

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The PEAR_REST class in REST.php in PEAR in PHP through 5.6.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) rest.cachefile or (2) rest.cacheid file in /tmp/pear/cache/, related to the retrieveCacheFirst and useLocalCache functions.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759282Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759282Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 27, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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