php-pear: insecure temporary file use for cache data
Published Sep 27, 2014
3.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.64%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php-pear
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
php-pear
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
php-pear
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
php54-php-pear
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
php55-php-pear
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php-pear | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php-pear | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php-pear | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php54-php-pear | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php55-php-pear | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of php-pear as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as well as Red Hat Software Collections as they do not use a world-writable directory for storing PEAR cache data.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.64% (0.00643) | 48.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.64% (0.00643) | 45.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00137) | 31.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5459 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759282 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1133753 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5459
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5459
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5459 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759282 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1133753 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5459 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5459 |
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