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CVE-2014-5459

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-5459 describes a local file write vulnerability in the PEAR_REST class within PHP versions up to 5.6.0, affecting products like openSUSE and Oracle. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary cache files, leading to potential data integrity issues. With a CVSS score of 3.6 (low severity), it requires local access and has low attack complexity, resulting in partial impact to integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:evergreen:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0064 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-5459Moderate

php-pear: insecure temporary file use for cache data

Aug 25, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
Third Party Advisory