Malicious Package in angluar-cli
Critical severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Sep 11, 2020
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 9, 2023
Description
Reviewed
Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 11, 2020
Last updated
Jan 9, 2023
Version 0.0.3 of
angluar-cli
contains malicious code as a postinstall script. The package is malware designed to take advantage of users making a mistake when typing the name of a module to install. When installed the package attempts to remove files and stop processes related to McAfee antivirus on macOS.Recommendation
Remove the package from your environment and verify whether files were deleted and if processes were stopped.
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