Malicious Package Affecting are package, versions [0,]
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-ARE-2419129
- published 8 Mar 2022
- disclosed 8 Mar 2022
- credit Unknown
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the are package.
Overview
are is a malicious package. This package uses "typosquatting" to bait unknowing users to install them, this package could be abused to become an entry point for more sophisticated threats, enabling the attacker to execute remote code on the target machine, amass system information, plunder credit card information, and passwords auto-saved in Chrome and Edge browsers, and even steal Discord authentication tokens to impersonate the victim.
References
CVSS Scores
version 3.1