Malicious Package Affecting ethereumvulncontracthandler package, versions *
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- published2 Jan 2025
- disclosed19 Dec 2024
- creditKirill Boychenko
Introduced: 19 Dec 2024
New Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the ethereumvulncontracthandler package.
Overview
ethereumvulncontracthandler is a malicious package. This heavily obfuscated package loads and runs Quasar RAT, stealing and exfiltrating data from the victim system.