Malicious Package in m-backdoor
Critical severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Sep 3, 2020
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 9, 2023
Description
Reviewed
Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 3, 2020
Last updated
Jan 9, 2023
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.
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