ethercheck

GHSA-qhw7-6rhr-2f9f

Malicious code in ethercheck (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.1.1`

## Source: kam193 (c202b40df14e5a6ba231853aefc190984e981a5f22ef90d3d2e3da641643e8dd)
During importing, the code attempts to decrypt data embeded in READMEs. The decrypted code is then used to download further remote scripts


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


Campaign: 2023-11-decrypt-from-readme


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - crypto-related

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/ethercheck/MAL-2024-12264.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ethercheck
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/ethercheck/MAL-2024-12264.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qhw7-6rhr-2f9f

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.1.1

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