Malicious Package in destroyer-of-worlds
Critical severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Sep 2, 2020
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 9, 2023
Description
Reviewed
Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 2, 2020
Last updated
Jan 9, 2023
The package
destroyer-of-worlds
contained malicious code. The package contained a bash script that was run as a postinstall script. The script deleted system files and attempted to exhaust resources by creating a large file, a fork bomb and an endless loop. The script targeted UNIX systems.Recommendation
Remove the package from your environment and perform additional incident response on your system's files and processes.
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