CVE-2019-5484 - AskarLabs CVE Database

CVE-2019-5484

Vendor N/A

Product bower

Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal

Published September 13, 2019

Last update August 4, 2024

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CVSS base score

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 13, 2019 CVE published

August 4, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5484 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html

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