handyfiles

GHSA-xx35-49rf-fp22

Malicious code in handyfiles (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (381cd796d4e5fce8fb62c337374b5303e0b2466d67467efc95cbc4d7d8248dd4)
During the installation, the package iterates its files and attempts to import a hidden module - which is embedded as ZIP archive in the image file


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


Campaign: 2024-12-handyfiles


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - obfuscation

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/handyfiles/MAL-2024-12282.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/handyfiles
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/handyfiles/MAL-2024-12282.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xx35-49rf-fp22

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.1

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