CVE-2014-5459
low
CVSS v3
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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
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 12.3 | affected | |
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | {"endIncluding":"5.6.0"} | |
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
- 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
CWEs
CWE-59
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.