CVE-2014-5459

medium

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.

References

Advisories

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-09-27

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00137