Vulnerability CVE-2019-5484
Published: 2019-09-13

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.

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Bower -> Bower 

 References:
https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3
https://hackerone.com/reports/473811
https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction
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