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.
{
"extracted_events": [
{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:bower:bower:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
"range": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.8.8"
}
],
"source": "CPE_RANGE"
},
{
"range": [
{
"fixed": "45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3"
}
],
"source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
}
]
}