MAL-2026-14254

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/saaa9/MAL-2026-14254.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14254
Published
2026-08-19T04:44:38Z
Modified
2026-08-19T05:00:23.986128070Z
Summary
Malicious code in saaa9 (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (3011e5a125f4db4febea1bf6778ed69ebb11009d2a1b119a46118822f3ef6e93)

The package is published as a 'System binary configuration tool' but the shipped code is a covert Windows surveillance overlay. On execution, index.js spawns wscript.exe against the bundled start_tool.vbs, which uses Shell.Application.ShellExecute with the 'runas' verb and window state 0 to relaunch cmd.exe silently as administrator and run the bundled pointer.py. If Python is missing, index.js first silently installs Python via winget or, failing that, downloads python-3.12.3-amd64.exe from python.org to %TEMP% and executes it with /quiet InstallAllUsers=0 PrependPath=1, deleting the installer afterward. pointer.py registers global keyboard hotkeys and, on trigger, captures the installer's clipboard, screenshots regions of the active desktop, extracts on-screen text via IAccessible2/UIAutomation, and POSTs the collected data through a persistent requests.Session to the hardcoded endpoint https://iq-overlay-pointer.vercel.app/api. Server responses are auto-typed or pasted back into the active window via pyautogui. The tkinter UI is deliberately concealed (overrideredirect, empty title, transparent color, alpha 0.75, withdraw), and comments labeled 'HACK 1/2' confirm intentional stealth. The package metadata's stated purpose does not correspond to any of the observed behavior.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T04:47:47.838925006Z",
            "sha256": "3011e5a125f4db4febea1bf6778ed69ebb11009d2a1b119a46118822f3ef6e93",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T04:44:38Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018367",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / saaa9

Package

Name
saaa9
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/saaa9

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/saaa9/MAL-2026-14254.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "47ff9a91f02303736f12dfcd7a2f4a599adae0bbbe14c0dee51b3ab9963dce77",
            "tlsh": "87032c09ec1d089ac073cd2f5952a853ff1a07435a5e9a17f8bc99901f743468ae4ef9",
            "path": "pointer.py"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "3016a3871b47653d754b00e72221d205bb90f667b9a4e58751cbf044d330fcf5",
            "path": "start_tool.vbs",
            "tlsh": "e3f0204f42bdc81be05741b253868c2ee2b3d350b021d55a9db8f889210c0f099733db"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "d105ecedf057a25f4950ddb1383837d5dd2a1c1033ed78438f6074150b6e07a2",
            "tlsh": "f3b1600a9a599234ac3147e99b072127e507a1636201e25cbdfe83880f76659c067fee",
            "path": "index.js"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "eb918c1a94c711c66d9caae5e2c8ea4f3d85f2b69354a04371e57ff2722940df",
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "7ee08633c9615c9345b44aa29a368b06b571cf3f00354c1f34bb605c97f35b255bab9c"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "saaa9-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "60b6bad105a6a9473774d76da6f7e42be55ab827",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-4AVANJRHn/aREbSLu7WaDbILH5KtoeVSgmCV9YwyBYWW8s6XMTpsMAXwY4/3O1C2VcFUfHuN24Zt+4ClxrLvoQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    }
]