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marinff-test

MAL-2025-2973

Malicious code in marinff-test (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (c25b081dd711bcb5076c5fbd0ea034850b8e428fed345d93e60036e0e91c9f66)
Installing the package starts a reverse shell. The remote server is, however, set as a local IP, so it's most probably testing


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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: 2025-03-marinff


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - obfuscation


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

Compromised versions (8)

  • 0.2
  • 0.3
  • 0.4
  • 0.5
  • 0.6
  • 0.7
  • 0.8
  • 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.