CVE-2014-5459 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.08% · 22.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.08%
22.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSphp-pear0, 1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-4, 1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSphp-pear0, 1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1, 1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSphp-pear0, 1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1, 1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSphp55.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.12, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.14
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSphp-pear0, 1:1.10.12+submodules+notgz+20210212-1ubuntu1, 1:1.10.12+submodules+notgz+20210212-1ubuntu3
Ubuntu:25.10php-pear1:1.10.16+submodules+notgz-3, 0, 1:1.10.13+submodules+notgz+2022032202-2build1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSphp-pear1:1.10.13+submodules+notgz+2022032202-2build1, 0

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