{"cve":"CVE-2014-5459","nvd":{"published":"2014-09-27T10:55:05.167","modified":"2026-06-17T00:11:35.850","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html","https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759282"],"products":["opensuse:evergreen","opensuse:opensuse","oracle:solaris","php:php"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:04.196504363+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-5459","score":0.00643,"percentile":0.50848,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}