GHSA-6879-xr95-5gf4

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6879-xr95-5gf4
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-6879-xr95-5gf4/GHSA-6879-xr95-5gf4.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-6879-xr95-5gf4
Published
2020-09-03T17:20:15Z
Modified
2021-09-30T17:16:35Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Malicious Package in malicious-do-not-install
Details

All versions of malicious-do-not-install contain malicious code. The package copies the contents of /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to files in the local /tmp/ folder.

Recommendation

Remove the package from your environment and rotate affected credentials.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-506"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2020-08-31T18:45:05Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "CRITICAL"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / malicious-do-not-install

Package

Name
malicious-do-not-install
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Purl
pkg:npm/malicious-do-not-install

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0.0.0

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-6879-xr95-5gf4/GHSA-6879-xr95-5gf4.json"