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[PSA] Malware distributed on the AUR (lists.archlinux.org)

submitted 3 days ago by Xylight@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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On the 16th of July, at around 8pm UTC+2, a malicious AUR package was uploaded to the AUR. Two other malicious packages were uploaded by the same user a few hours later. These packages were installing a script coming from the same GitHub repository that was identified as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT).

The affected malicious packages are:

librewolf-fix-bin

firefox-patch-bin

zen-browser-patched-bin

The Arch Linux team addressed the issue as soon as they became aware of the situation. As of today, 18th of July, at around 6pm UTC+2, the offending packages have been deleted from the AUR.

We strongly encourage users that may have installed one of these packages to remove them from their system and to take the necessary measures in order to ensure they were not compromised.

Follow up

There are more packages with this malware found.

minecraft-cracked
ttf-ms-fonts-all
vesktop-bin-patched
ttf-all-ms-fonts

What to do

If you installed any of these packages, check your running processes for one named systemd-initd (this is the RAT).

The suspicious packages have a patch from this now-inaccessible Codeberg repo: https://codeberg.org/arch_lover3/browser-patch

The Arch maintainers have been informed of all this already and are investigating.

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[–] Tundra@sh.itjust.works 137 points 3 days ago (34 children)

this is going to increase in frequency as linux gains popularity

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (26 children)

This is why I felt uncomfortable when I first switched to Linux and kept reading that I didn't need to worry about viruses as long as I didn't click on dodgy links and only installed from trusted sources. I'm sure I'm betraying my lack of security knowledge here, but that always seemed a bit too easy.

[–] mark@social.cool110.xyz 120 points 3 days ago (18 children)

@DirkMcCallahan @Tundra The AUR isn't a trusted source, but most of the the Arch cult forget to mention that.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

You can't even install from AUR using pacman directly. You either need to makepkg them manually, or use an extra AUR compatible package manager like yay. It's made as clear as possible to arch users that the AUR is not vetted in any way, it's just for convenience.

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