saaa9

{"modified":"2026-08-19T04:44:38Z","published":"2026-08-19T04:44:38Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-14254","summary":"Malicious code in saaa9 (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (3011e5a125f4db4febea1bf6778ed69ebb11009d2a1b119a46118822f3ef6e93)\nThe package is published as a 'System binary configuration tool' but the shipped code is a covert Windows surveillance overlay. On execution, index.js spawns wscript.exe against the bundled start_tool.vbs, which uses Shell.Application.ShellExecute with the 'runas' verb and window state 0 to relaunch cmd.exe silently as administrator and run the bundled pointer.py. If Python is missing, index.js first silently installs Python via winget or, failing that, downloads python-3.12.3-amd64.exe from python.org to %TEMP% and executes it with /quiet InstallAllUsers=0 PrependPath=1, deleting the installer afterward. pointer.py registers global keyboard hotkeys and, on trigger, captures the installer's clipboard, screenshots regions of the active desktop, extracts on-screen text via IAccessible2/UIAutomation, and POSTs the collected data through a persistent requests.Session to the hardcoded endpoint https://iq-overlay-pointer.vercel.app/api. Server responses are auto-typed or pasted back into the active window via pyautogui. The tkinter UI is deliberately concealed (overrideredirect, empty title, transparent color, alpha 0.75, withdraw), and comments labeled 'HACK 1/2' confirm intentional stealth. The package metadata's stated purpose does not correspond to any of the observed behavior.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"saaa9"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"pointer.py","sha256":"47ff9a91f02303736f12dfcd7a2f4a599adae0bbbe14c0dee51b3ab9963dce77","tlsh":"87032c09ec1d089ac073cd2f5952a853ff1a07435a5e9a17f8bc99901f743468ae4ef9"},{"path":"start_tool.vbs","sha256":"3016a3871b47653d754b00e72221d205bb90f667b9a4e58751cbf044d330fcf5","tlsh":"e3f0204f42bdc81be05741b253868c2ee2b3d350b021d55a9db8f889210c0f099733db"},{"path":"index.js","sha256":"d105ecedf057a25f4950ddb1383837d5dd2a1c1033ed78438f6074150b6e07a2","tlsh":"f3b1600a9a599234ac3147e99b072127e507a1636201e25cbdfe83880f76659c067fee"},{"path":"package.json","sha256":"eb918c1a94c711c66d9caae5e2c8ea4f3d85f2b69354a04371e57ff2722940df","tlsh":"7ee08633c9615c9345b44aa29a368b06b571cf3f00354c1f34bb605c97f35b255bab9c"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"saaa9-1.0.0.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"60b6bad105a6a9473774d76da6f7e42be55ab827","sha512_sri":"sha512-4AVANJRHn/aREbSLu7WaDbILH5KtoeVSgmCV9YwyBYWW8s6XMTpsMAXwY4/3O1C2VcFUfHuN24Zt+4ClxrLvoQ=="}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/saaa9/v/1.0.0"}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-018367","import_time":"2026-08-19T04:47:47.838925006Z","modified_time":"2026-08-19T04:44:38Z","sha256":"3011e5a125f4db4febea1bf6778ed69ebb11009d2a1b119a46118822f3ef6e93","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.0.0"]}]}}