MAL-2026-14212

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/syboy/MAL-2026-14212.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14212
Published
2026-08-19T02:50:38Z
Modified
2026-08-19T03:00:14.393310891Z
Summary
Malicious code in syboy (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (f53c03163c0e0b47e20d28751745a66ecd1c9aadda7e96d648e8390ba49506f7)

On invocation, index.js spawns start_tool.vbs via wscript.exe with detached/windowsHide flags; the VBS calls ShellExecute cmd.exe with the 'runas' verb and window state 0 to silently launch pointer.py under Administrator with no console, then the Node process exits leaving a hidden elevated background process. pointer.py reads the clipboard continuously, captures screenshots via mss/ImageGrab, walks the UI accessibility tree of foreground windows via uiautomation, and installs many global keyboard hotkeys via the keyboard module. The collected clipboard, screen, and UI content is POSTed to a hardcoded author-controlled endpoint at https://iq-overlay-pointer.vercel.app/api with no user-configurable destination. A Tk overlay is rendered with an empty title, transparent color, and overrideredirect to remain hidden from the user and screen-sharing. index.js additionally downloads the official Python 3.12.3 installer from python.org via curl to %TEMP% and runs it with /quiet InstallAllUsers=0 PrependPath=1 as a silent runtime dropper fallback when winget is unavailable, then deletes the installer.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T02:57:22.697250201Z",
            "sha256": "f53c03163c0e0b47e20d28751745a66ecd1c9aadda7e96d648e8390ba49506f7",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T02:50:38Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018306",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / syboy

Package

Name
syboy
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Purl
pkg:npm/syboy

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/syboy/MAL-2026-14212.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "47ff9a91f02303736f12dfcd7a2f4a599adae0bbbe14c0dee51b3ab9963dce77",
            "path": "pointer.py",
            "tlsh": "87032c09ec1d089ac073cd2f5952a853ff1a07435a5e9a17f8bc99901f743468ae4ef9"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "3016a3871b47653d754b00e72221d205bb90f667b9a4e58751cbf044d330fcf5",
            "path": "start_tool.vbs",
            "tlsh": "e3f0204f42bdc81be05741b253868c2ee2b3d350b021d55a9db8f889210c0f099733db"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "d105ecedf057a25f4950ddb1383837d5dd2a1c1033ed78438f6074150b6e07a2",
            "path": "index.js",
            "tlsh": "f3b1600a9a599234ac3147e99b072127e507a1636201e25cbdfe83880f76659c067fee"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "syboy-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "408b678228193739648c35823c2c8dc54e3b7670",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-8Jl27zjHW0DsFHjGe0SwHQOGvF3SCS5h/C6pTxjvKskuMMw5OTPH77az++QkFZKv0Mmuj6oLCDq4FQZgdqUcvQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]