{"id":"MAL-2024-10044","summary":"Malicious code in mecit3 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3b0998e3b9d6f9e46cd475fa5a18c38a48f7e3e72d02350d7431375fad7dd871)\nPackage uses the template from https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip to explore building malicious PyPI packages.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - Package uses simple pre-prepared tools to create a low-quality malicious action.\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:54:52.916577Z","published":"2024-08-05T22:25:51Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2024-10-16T14:43:36Z","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["1.0.0"],"import_time":"2024-10-24T00:57:00.594260137Z","id":"RLMA-2024-08508","sha256":"240b5ff648f6cedf87b383c5e8c508b812b285d46d7ebe4eeb5da793de384dce"},{"modified_time":"2024-08-05T22:25:51Z","source":"kam193","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.332187155Z","id":"pypi/SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete/mecit3","sha256":"4023e69dfea6e0bbb8dcabbde24d44e9ada9d2f109ebf0cf7ba5111a8b108638"},{"modified_time":"2024-08-05T22:25:51Z","source":"kam193","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.360578331Z","id":"pypi/SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete/mecit3","sha256":"3b0998e3b9d6f9e46cd475fa5a18c38a48f7e3e72d02350d7431375fad7dd871"},{"modified_time":"2024-08-05T22:25:51Z","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0"],"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.589965036Z","id":"pypi/SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete/mecit3","sha256":"829e6f2c9bad1f83f7e7bc433359b7242a786df7e9631c40197e17c403a42d83"},{"modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:15:59Z","source":"reversing-labs","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:03.20037242Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00509","sha256":"8cb8fe7af2d559fde1af2f461c001dab0d639b9c537ca8049b00aa51353e1200"}],"iocs":{"urls":["https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip"]}},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mecit3"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mecit3","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/mecit3"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/mecit3/MAL-2024-10044.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}