CVE-2019-5484 (GCVE-0-2019-5484)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-13 17:30 – Updated: 2024-08-04 19:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-22 - Path Traversal (CWE-22)
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://hackerone.com/reports/473811 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerabilit… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad33… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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