CVE-2019-5484
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 13, 2019 at 05:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:37 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBower
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows attackers to write arbitrary files when a malicious package is extracted.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/473811Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3Ex_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extractionCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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