Malicious 󠅮󠅰󠅭Package Affecting 1337qq-js package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-1337QQJS-541596
  • published 14 Jan 2020
  • disclosed 13 Jan 2020
  • credit Microsoft Vulnerability Research

Introduced: 13 Jan 2020

Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Avoid using all malicious instances of the 1337qq-js package.

Overview

1337qq-js is a malicious package. All versions of 1337qq-js contain malicious code. The package exfiltrates sensitive information through install scripts. It targets UNIX systems. The information exfiltrated includes:

  • Environment variables
  • Running processes
  • /etc/hosts
  • uname -a
  • npmrc file

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High