Malicious Package Affecting libpeshnx package, versions [0,]
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-LIBPESHNX-460157
- published 22 Aug 2019
- disclosed 17 Jul 2019
- credit Robert Perica, Antonio Zekic
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the libpeshnx package.
Overview
libpeshnx is a malicious package.
The package contains malicious code which will download a file from a C2 domain, save it as a hidden file named .drv in the user’s home directory, and persist itself inside a system's .bashrc file to be run as a background process whenever an interactive non-login shell is created.