{"cve":"CVE-2019-5484","nvd":{"published":"2019-09-13T18:15:11.063","modified":"2026-06-17T02:37:46.447","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3","https://hackerone.com/reports/473811","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E","https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction"],"products":["bower:bower"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:58:39.700375520+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-5484","score":0.02566,"percentile":0.8513,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-p6mr-pxg4-68hx","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p6mr-pxg4-68hx","summary":"Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in bower","modified":"2023-11-08T04:01:36.957923Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"bower","purl":"pkg:npm/bower","ranges":["<1.8.8"],"fixed":["1.8.8"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}