7.5
HIGH
CVE-2019-5484
Bower Path Traversal File Write Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 13, 2019, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:11 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-5484 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-5484 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Bower bower

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

JavaScript

Updated: 3 years, 11 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 1, 2020, 9:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

An UNMAINTAINTED project originally exported from code.google.com/p/owasp-esapi-js. This project is deprecated. See the README.md for further details and possible alternatives.

JavaScript HTML

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
100 stars 30 fork 30 watcher
Born at : May 24, 2015, 12:34 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-5484 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-5484 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference HackerOne https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference HackerOne https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference HackerOne https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3@%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference HackerOne https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63@%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3@%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3@%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63@%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63@%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63@%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3@%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE HackerOne CWE-22
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3 No Types Assigned https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://hackerone.com/reports/473811 No Types Assigned https://hackerone.com/reports/473811 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction No Types Assigned https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bower:bower:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.8.8
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-5484 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.31 }} 0.06%

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0.70618

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