subsys-counter

GHSA-h6w6-gmx9-jc57

Malicious code in subsys-counter (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.8.5`

## Source: kam193 (d5aa9a3a8888bf731b171ad413a70076df1eff7c362d520f6f3457057aa615f7)
Collects basic information about the system, most probably a pentest or bug bounty.


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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: 2024-08-byted-22.ax


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.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/subsys-counter/MAL-2024-12353.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/subsys-counter
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/subsys-counter/MAL-2024-12353.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6w6-gmx9-jc57

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.8.5

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