blackamerxs

GHSA-f594-mgj8-32rv

Malicious code in blackamerxs (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1`

## Source: kam193 (50486a7fa5636706a3c90bf515f6664c6cbb11aa127f9b3e95d7b38cf89c80c8)
If run, the code in the package exfiltrates all files from the current directory tree.


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


Campaign: 2024-11-blackamerxs


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/blackamerxs/MAL-2024-11537.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/blackamerxs
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/blackamerxs/MAL-2024-11537.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f594-mgj8-32rv

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1

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