Malicious Package Affecting kraken.exchange package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-KRAKENEXCHANGE-6041990
  • published12 Oct 2023
  • disclosed11 Oct 2023
  • creditPhylum Research Team

Introduced: 11 Oct 2023

Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Avoid using all malicious instances of the Kraken.Exchange package.

Overview

Kraken.Exchange is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's machine, all while running covertly in the background without the user's knowledge.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1