Malicious Package Affecting browserift package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-BROWSERIFT-455282
- published 24 Jul 2019
- disclosed 31 May 2019
- credit npm security
How to fix?
Avoid using browserift altogether.
Overview
browserift is not currently in use, but was formerly occupied by another package.
It contains malicious code as a preinstall script. It was a backdoor that opened a connection to a remote server and executed incoming commands on both Unix and Windows machines