SB2014082701 - Privilege escalation in PHP
Published: August 27, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014082701
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5459)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of symbolic links within the PEAR_REST class in REST.php in PEAR. A local user can create a specially crafted symlink and write arbitrary files into /tmp/pear/cache/directory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.