Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-5459
CVE-2014-5459
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.
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Affected products
10- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/php5&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/php7&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/php8&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/php53&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSS
< 5.6.28-1.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.6.28-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.14-1.4
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.11-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.17-47.1
Patches
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References
5- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
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