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CVE-2014-5459

Date: September 27, 2014

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.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5459
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-5459
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.html
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759282
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-5459

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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