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MAL-2025-3019

Malicious code in wiki-requests (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (9d4143f13c89e66e8f5b2c0905a57d6d25f6d02d46b62aef3e58d4b1f2dda697)
Setup.py attempts to exfiltrate information about the system and span a reverse shell


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2025-03-wiki-requests


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - exfiltration-generic


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

Compromised versions (3)

  • 0.0.1
  • 0.0.2
  • 0.0.3

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