---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/william-data-formatter-x/v/1.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/william-data-formatter-x/v/1.0.0.md"
package: "william-data-formatter-x"
report_status: "published"
title: "william-data-formatter-x@1.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.0"
---

# william-data-formatter-x@1.0.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Quarantined by product-default policy — this version is not allowed through the firewall.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12501 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package declares a preinstall script (node index.js) that, on Windows, spawns a hidden PowerShell window (-WindowStyle Hidden) to fetch https://files.catbox.moe/5khq55.zip, extract it to %TEMP%, and execute Verification\_Tool.exe. The fetched binary is unpinned, unhashed, and hosted on an anonymous file-drop service unrelated to the package's stated purpose...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T14:00:11.823Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T14:00:11.823Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

The package declares a preinstall script (node index.js) that, on Windows, spawns a hidden PowerShell window (-WindowStyle Hidden) to fetch https://files.catbox.moe/5khq55.zip, extract it to %TEMP%, and execute Verification\_Tool.exe. The fetched binary is unpinned, unhashed, and hosted on an anonymous file-drop service unrelated to the package's stated purpose. The package name has a leading space (' william-data-formatter-x') and carries generic 'Internal sync utility' / 'IT Operations' metadata consistent with social-engineering framing. Installing this package on a Windows machine results in arbitrary attacker-controlled code executing on the installer's host at npm install time.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** william-data-formatter-x
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-07-31T18:05:15.731Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T14:00:11.823Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T14:00:11.823Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/william-data-formatter-x/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12501>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/william-data-formatter-x/v/1.0.0>)