expkg-am

GHSA-f3rw-7wh7-6wmp

Malicious code in expkg-am (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.3`

## Source: kam193 (36b7980049911172764372f2e4d93b74e1ff019b9c6f9860be544e91f7f79a28)
Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.


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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: GENERIC-simple-tests


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - 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/expkg-am/MAL-2024-12268.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/expkg-am
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/expkg-am/MAL-2024-12268.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f3rw-7wh7-6wmp

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.3

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