CVE-2014-5459
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.
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 50% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-59
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- opensuse:evergreen
- opensuse:opensuse
- oracle:solaris
- php:php
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