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At runtime, translate.js reads those CSS variables from the DOM, concatenates the hex bytes into a string, substitutes `__DOMAIN__` with the hex-decoded host `vantamods.online` (sourced from `--primary-brand-color`), and executes the resulting JavaScript with `new (\"\").constructor.constructor(fromCharCode.apply(null, _b))()` — i.e. a `Function` constructor invocation on attacker-controlled bytes. A hostname guard prevents execution on `vantamods.online`, `localhost`, and empty hostnames, so the smuggled code runs only on third-party sites that bundle or CDN-load this package. The advertised polyfill functionality is a cover story: any site shipping this dependency executes arbitrary JavaScript controlled by the maintainer of `vantamods.online` against every visitor, enabling session theft, credential capture, redirection, or arbitrary DOM manipulation in the site's origin.\n\n## Source: ghsa-malware (d0ae1970321abd04ddd957d3135ee1d2eb64acee031428fa8f3cbcb8c48504b0)\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. 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