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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-5346 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:48:49.572Z

Reserved: 2014-08-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-5459

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-09-27T10:55:05.167

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-5459

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-08-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-5459 - Bugzilla

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