Is CVE-2014-5459 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-5459 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5459?

CVE-2014-5459 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.6 (LOW).

CVE-2014-5459

LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.6 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
EPSS score: 0.6% (51th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-5346)
Published: September 27, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5346 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

opensuse / evergreen
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
oracle / solaris
php / php

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759282(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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