Malicious Package Affecting android-string_resources_validator package, versions >=0.0.0


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Scope Changed
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-ANDROIDSTRINGRESOURCESVALIDATOR-566449
  • published 17 Apr 2020
  • disclosed 17 Apr 2020
  • credit Reversing Labs

Introduced: 17 Apr 2020

Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Avoid using android-string_resources_validator altogether.

Overview

android-string_resources_validator is a malicious package.

Affected versions of this package were found to be a Malicious Package, as it utilised typosquatting to run Malicious 3rd party scripts. It replaced genuine packages using an _ and replaced it with - and vice versa

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