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PHP Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following) Vulnerability - CVE-2014-5459 - Vulnerability Database
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PHP Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following) Vulnerability - CVE-2014-5459

Low
Reference: CVE-2014-5459
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5459
Title: PHP Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following) Vulnerability
Overview:

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.