GHSA-8jf2-cq6v-w234

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8jf2-cq6v-w234
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-8jf2-cq6v-w234/GHSA-8jf2-cq6v-w234.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-8jf2-cq6v-w234
Published
2020-09-03T21:10:53Z
Modified
2021-09-29T20:47:08Z
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 uglyfi.js
Details

Version 0.17.3 of uglyfi.js contains malicious code as a preinstall script. The package is malware designed to take advantage of users making a mistake when typing the name of a module to install. When installed, the package downloads a file from a remote server, executes it and opens a backdoor.

Recommendation

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer.

The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-506"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2020-08-31T18:50:59Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "CRITICAL"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / uglyfi.js

Package

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-8jf2-cq6v-w234/GHSA-8jf2-cq6v-w234.json"