Malicious Package Affecting com.github.codingandcoding:mail-watcher-plugin package, versions [0,]
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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- published 14 Jan 2021
- disclosed 13 Jan 2021
- credit Sonatype Security Research Team
How to fix?
Avoid using com.github.codingandcoding:mail-watcher-plugin altogether.
Overview
com.github.codingandcoding:mail-watcher-plugin is a malicious package.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Malicious Package.
Inside the JAR, the backdoored code exists in the send() method of MailWatcherNotification.class which, once again, contains a different hardcoded C2 server.