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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

pyprettifier

MAL-2024-11674

Malicious code in pyprettifier (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (52228ec641ddc958a8048619d93a51b762697ab133afc13ec13c01d24b120467)
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.

Compromised versions (6)

  • 0.1.0
  • 0.1.1
  • 0.1.2
  • 0.1.3
  • 0.1.4
  • 0.1.5

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