CVE-2014-5459

low
Published 2014-09-27 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.6
VIR risk
3.6

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse12.3affected
suse suse13.1affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
phpphp{"endIncluding":"5.6.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.