CVE-2019-5484
Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in bower
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.50%
Description
Versions of `bower` prior to 1.8.8 are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because `bower` does not verify that extracted symbolic links do not resolve to targets outside of the extraction root directory. ## Recommendation Update to version 1.8.8 or later
How to fix CVE-2019-5484
To remediate CVE-2019-5484, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.8.8 or later
Is CVE-2019-5484 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.8.8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |