CVE-2017-16206: Malicious package (Typosquatting)

June 7, 2018 (updated July 24, 2018)

The cofee-script module exfiltrates sensitive data such as a user’s private SSH key and bash history to a third party server during installation.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16206

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