Malicious Package Affecting react-zutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-REACTZUTILS-7210244
  • published5 Jun 2024
  • disclosed4 Jun 2024
  • creditPhylum Research Team

Introduced: 4 Jun 2024

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

How to fix?

Avoid using all malicious instances of the react-zutils package.

Overview

react-zutils is a malicious package. This is a complex, multi-stage, obfuscated malware targeting developers' machines. Upon installation, this package spawns a detached process that attempts to locate, collect, and exfiltrate sensitive data from several crypto wallet browser extensions, including Metamask, Phantom, and Coinbase. The malware specifically targets log and database files (.log and .ldb), which can contain private keys, seed phrases, and other sensitive information. It uploads these files, along with machine information, to a remote server via an ngrok endpoint.

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CVSS Scores

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