memtools @2.0.0

Summary

Installing the package triggers a code that looks like downloading a picture, but in fact downloads and starts an executable with malware. Note that file supplied from the URL differs depending on the presence of the special header --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-07-memlib Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - malware

Source: kam193 (fafb3bba871c43e80681f3c9f4618ec7547fe2295b120eb93adf31a59bf021f3)