random-security-test-pkg

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (8d5e8dadc66c780e3fc3351cf55a305fe623b46a48e96847a7da95ea0e5ec211)
During installation, the obfuscated code attempts to exfiltrate basic information about the host. There is no other purpose of the package


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: 2024-11-funkymonkeypkg


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/random-security-test-pkg/MAL-2024-12335.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/random-security-test-pkg
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/random-security-test-pkg/MAL-2024-12335.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2g4c-xch5-vf9f

Compromised versions (1)

• = 1.1.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.