Malicious Package Affecting ascii2text package, versions [0,]
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-ASCII2TEXT-2977568
- published 10 Aug 2022
- disclosed 10 Aug 2022
- credit Unknown
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the ascii2text
package.
Overview
ascii2text is a malicious package.
This package is mimicking "art" library by using the same description minus the release details.
The package contains a malicious code in its __init__.py
file imported by the setup.py
installation script. The code installs a malicious script that searches for local passwords and uploads them using a discord webhook.