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.

• CWE-59

• 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

Published

Sep 27, 2014

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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