mecit1

GHSA-rr5j-www5-h3rp

Malicious code in mecit1 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (84c154fb79729b15ec93f3c1f10fd3e06c1c312fae05df59a32c13172536e36a)
Package uses the template from https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip to explore building malicious PyPI packages.


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


Campaign: SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete


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.


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - Package uses simple pre-prepared tools to create a low-quality malicious action.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/mecit1/MAL-2024-10042.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mecit1
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/mecit1/MAL-2024-10042.json
- https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rr5j-www5-h3rp

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.0

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