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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

hellopythopy

MAL-2024-11606

Malicious code in hellopythopy (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (9d4a25ed4b69dc1e63e0582d7ec37abf5fb0e5adb1e844dda88557faa06bd827)
Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.


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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: GENERIC-simple-tests


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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

Compromised versions (11)

  • 0.8.0
  • 0.9.0
  • 0.11.0
  • 0.14.0
  • 0.16.0
  • 0.19.0
  • 0.2.0
  • 0.3.0
  • 0.1.0
  • 0.4.0
  • 0.5.0

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