CVE-2019-5484
HIGHbower < 1.8.8 - Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write via Install Command
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://hackerone.com/reports/473811
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0257
EPSS Percentile
83.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (2)
bower/bower
< 1.8.8
npm/bower
0 - 1.8.8npm
Published
Sep 13, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026