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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

maxpatrol

GHSA-34ch-q4xp-77qg

Malicious code in maxpatrol (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 7.0.6`

The package contains code to download and execute a reverse shell script.## Source: kam193 (e7b0664f3eb50be717290db2d08e1be4a3dcbce029ad58fae9cffb04f09a51c1)
When imported, the package download and runs a remote stage - a reverse shell. To mask activity, the remote domain is made to mimic PyPI host: files[.]pythonhosted[.]ru


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2024-10-innostage


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/maxpatrol/MAL-2024-9268.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/maxpatrol
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/maxpatrol/MAL-2024-9268.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-34ch-q4xp-77qg

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 7.0.6

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