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.

Remediation

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

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-22 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Tags

Patch Exploit Third Party Advisory