A AegiFlow
LOWCVSS 3.6

CVE-2014-5459

CVE-2014-5459 updated by NVD

Modified
2026-09-20
Sources
nvd

Summary

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.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed versions
PHPphp[object Object]

References

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