VYPR

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

random-security-test-pkg

MAL-2024-12335

Malicious code in random-security-test-pkg (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (8d5e8dadc66c780e3fc3351cf55a305fe623b46a48e96847a7da95ea0e5ec211)
During installation, the obfuscated code attempts to exfiltrate basic information about the host. There is no other purpose of the package


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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: 2024-11-funkymonkeypkg


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.

Compromised versions (2)

  • 1.1.0
  • 1.1.3

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