OSV ID
MAL-2023-8763
Ecosystem
pypi
Summary
Packages either test the malicious behaviour, or actually download and run a simple remote script during the installation. --- 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: 2023-12-valuent 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. - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
Source: kam193 (f578b605e73b68aae8c1d8a9bd3f55b810839b2bccd720bccc7f887c2e0046c8)
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