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The PEAR_REST class in REST.php in PEAR in PHP through 5...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 27, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.089%
(39th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2014-5459

GHSA ID

GHSA-w8vq-hjwg-7p95

Source code

No known source code

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