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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

colotama

MAL-2024-11560

Malicious code in colotama (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (fa7312f48aedc863c1eb3377178692b7cb1fe1503114d3cbc6cdc97572b9a6c0)
The pyprettifier library has a feature to send out the user home path throuh the logger. It's attached to the __init__ of EmojiConverter class. Other related packages utilize a typosquatting to imitate real packages, and attempts to call the EmojiConverter from pyprettifier, triggering notifying the author about the user's home path.


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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: 2024-09-pyprettifier


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (18c9d3a75d7d00423b531ffce7bf8ecbe34e723046045707f3ce1bd6043255fe)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'colotama' @ 0.4.8 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Compromised versions (7)

  • 0.4.4
  • 0.4.5
  • 0.4.7
  • 0.4.8
  • 0.4.9
  • 0.5.0
  • 0.4.6

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