CVE-2014-5459 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

36%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

81%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

PHP

First reported 10 years ago

2014-09-27 10:55:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-26 02:00:00

Affected Software

PHP PHP

PHP PHP_FI 1.0

1.0

PHP PHP_FI 2.0

2.0

PHP PHP_FI 2.0b10

2.0b10

PHP PHP 3.0

3.0

PHP PHP 3.0.1

3.0.1

PHP PHP 3.0.2

3.0.2

PHP PHP 3.0.3

3.0.3

PHP PHP 3.0.4

3.0.4

PHP PHP 3.0.5

3.0.5

PHP PHP 3.0.6

3.0.6

PHP PHP 3.0.7

3.0.7

PHP PHP 3.0.8

3.0.8

PHP PHP 3.0.9

3.0.9

PHP PHP 3.0.10

3.0.10

PHP PHP 3.0.11

3.0.11

PHP PHP 3.0.12

3.0.12

PHP PHP 3.0.13

3.0.13

PHP PHP 3.0.14

3.0.14

PHP PHP 3.0.15

3.0.15

PHP PHP 3.0.16

3.0.16

PHP PHP 3.0.17

3.0.17

PHP PHP 3.0.18

3.0.18

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 1

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 2

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 3

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 4

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 4 Patch Level 1

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0.0

4.0.0

PHP PHP 4.0.1

4.0.1

PHP PHP 4.0.2

4.0.2

PHP PHP 4.0.3

4.0.3

PHP PHP 4.0.4

4.0.4

PHP PHP 4.0.5

4.0.5

PHP PHP 4.0.6

4.0.6

PHP PHP 4.0.7

4.0.7

PHP PHP 4.1.0

4.1.0

PHP PHP 4.1.1

4.1.1

PHP PHP 4.1.2

4.1.2

PHP PHP 4.2.0

4.2.0

PHP PHP 4.2.1

4.2.1

PHP PHP 4.2.2

4.2.2

PHP PHP 4.2.3

4.2.3

PHP PHP 4.3.0

4.3.0

PHP PHP 4.3.1

4.3.1

PHP PHP 4.3.2

4.3.2

PHP PHP 4.3.3

4.3.3

PHP PHP 4.3.4

4.3.4

PHP PHP 4.3.5

4.3.5

PHP PHP 4.3.6

4.3.6

PHP PHP 4.3.7

4.3.7

PHP PHP 4.3.8

4.3.8

PHP PHP 4.3.9

4.3.9

PHP PHP 4.3.10

4.3.10

PHP PHP 4.3.11

4.3.11

PHP PHP 4.4.0

4.4.0

PHP PHP 4.4.1

4.4.1

PHP PHP 4.4.2

4.4.2

PHP PHP 4.4.3

4.4.3

PHP PHP 4.4.4

4.4.4

PHP PHP 4.4.5

4.4.5

PHP PHP 4.4.6

4.4.6

PHP PHP 4.4.7

4.4.7

PHP 4.4.8

4.4.8

PHP 4.4.9

4.4.9

PHP PHP 5.0.0

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta1

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta2

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta3

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta4

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC1

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC2

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC3

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.1

5.0.1

PHP PHP 5.0.2

5.0.2

PHP PHP 5.0.3

5.0.3

PHP PHP 5.0.4

5.0.4

PHP PHP 5.0.5

5.0.5

PHP PHP 5.1.0

5.1.0

PHP PHP 5.1.1

5.1.1

PHP PHP 5.1.2

5.1.2

PHP PHP 5.1.3

5.1.3

PHP 5.1.4

5.1.4

PHP PHP 5.1.5

5.1.5

PHP PHP 5.1.6

5.1.6

PHP 5.2.0

5.2.0

PHP 5.2.1

5.2.1

PHP 5.2.2

5.2.2

PHP 5.2.3

5.2.3

PHP 5.2.4

5.2.4

PHP 5.2.5

5.2.5

PHP 5.2.6

5.2.6

PHP 5.2.7

5.2.7

PHP 5.2.8

5.2.8

PHP 5.2.9

5.2.9

PHP 5.2.10

5.2.10

PHP 5.2.11

5.2.11

PHP 5.2.12

5.2.12

PHP 5.2.13

5.2.13

PHP 5.2.14

5.2.14

PHP 5.2.15

5.2.15

PHP 5.2.16

5.2.16

PHP 5.2.17

5.2.17

PHP 5.3.0

5.3.0

PHP 5.3.1

5.3.1

PHP 5.3.2

5.3.2

PHP 5.3.3

5.3.3

PHP 5.3.4

5.3.4

PHP 5.3.5

5.3.5

PHP 5.3.6

5.3.6

PHP 5.3.7

5.3.7

PHP 5.3.8

5.3.8

PHP 5.3.9

5.3.9

PHP 5.3.10

5.3.10

PHP 5.3.11

5.3.11

PHP 5.3.12

5.3.12

PHP 5.3.13

5.3.13

PHP 5.3.14

5.3.14

PHP 5.3.15

5.3.15

PHP 5.3.16

5.3.16

PHP 5.3.17

5.3.17

PHP 5.3.18

5.3.18

PHP 5.3.19

5.3.19

PHP 5.3.20

5.3.20

PHP 5.3.21

5.3.21

PHP 5.3.22

5.3.22

PHP 5.3.23

5.3.23

PHP 5.3.24

5.3.24

PHP 5.3.25

5.3.25

PHP 5.3.26

5.3.26

PHP 5.3.27

5.3.27

PHP 5.3.28

5.3.28

PHP 5.4.0

5.4.0

PHP 5.4.1

5.4.1

PHP 5.4.2

5.4.2

PHP 5.4.3

5.4.3

PHP 5.4.4

5.4.4

PHP 5.4.5

5.4.5

PHP 5.4.6

5.4.6

PHP 5.4.7

5.4.7

PHP 5.4.8

5.4.8

PHP 5.4.9

5.4.9

PHP 5.4.10

5.4.10

PHP 5.4.11

5.4.11

PHP 5.4.12

5.4.12

PHP 5.4.12 release candidate 1

5.4.12

PHP 5.4.12 release candidate 2

5.4.12

PHP 5.4.13

5.4.13

PHP 5.4.13 release candidate 1

5.4.13

PHP 5.4.14

5.4.14

PHP 5.4.14 release candidate 1

5.4.14

PHP 5.4.15 release candidate 1

5.4.15

PHP 5.4.16 release candidate 1

5.4.16

PHP 5.4.17

5.4.17

PHP 5.4.18

5.4.18

PHP 5.4.19

5.4.19

PHP 5.4.20

5.4.20

PHP 5.4.21

5.4.21

PHP 5.4.22

5.4.22

PHP 5.4.23

5.4.23

PHP 5.4.24

5.4.24

PHP 5.4.25

5.4.25

PHP 5.4.26

5.4.26

PHP 5.4.27

5.4.27

PHP 5.4.28

5.4.28

PHP 5.4.29

5.4.29

PHP 5.4.30

5.4.30

PHP 5.5.0

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha1

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha2

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha3

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha4

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha5

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha6

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 beta1

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 beta2

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 beta3

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 beta4

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 release candidate 1

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 release candidate 2

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.1

5.5.1

PHP 5.5.2

5.5.2

PHP 5.5.3

5.5.3

PHP 5.5.4

5.5.4

PHP 5.5.5

5.5.5

PHP 5.5.6

5.5.6

PHP 5.5.7

5.5.7

PHP 5.5.8

5.5.8

PHP 5.5.9

5.5.9

PHP 5.5.10

5.5.10

PHP 5.5.11

5.5.11

PHP 5.5.12

5.5.12

PHP 5.5.13

5.5.13

PHP 5.5.14

5.5.14

PHP 5.6.0 alpha1

5.6.0

PHP 5.6.0 alpha2

5.6.0

PHP 5.6.0 alpha3

5.6.0

PHP 5.6.0 alpha4

5.6.0

PHP 5.6.0 alpha5

5.6.0

PHP 5.6.0 beta1

5.6.0

PHP 5.6.0 beta2

5.6.0

PHP 5.6.0 beta3

5.6.0

PHP 5.6.0 beta4

5.6.0

PHP PHP 6.0

6.0

References

openSUSE-SU-2014:1133

openSUSE-SU-2014:1245

[oss-security] 20140827 Re: CVE request: php-pear, pear's insecure /tmp/ use for cache data

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759282

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