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Malicious Package in m-backdoor

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 3, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm m-backdoor (npm)

Affected versions

>= 0.0.0

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of m-backdoor contain malicious code. The package downloads a file from a remote server and executes it as a preinstall script. At the time of the release of this advisory the downloaded file only defaces websites by removing elements randomly from the DOM.

Recommendation

Remove the package from your system.

References

Reviewed Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 3, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

Critical

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-vv52-3mrp-455m

Source code

No known source code
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