{"id":"MAL-2024-11668","summary":"Malicious code in pycalculater (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (84e239de4d2d6d9652a78ead4c1ebb6b3f4952aeb54dc51dc30765eaaf806368)\nDuring installation, a remote, obfuscated executable is downloaded and started. The executable at least disables automated updates, malware protection and other security mechanisms.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-11-discconnect\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - modify-system-without-consent\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:55:31.227880Z","published":"2024-11-16T22:56:09Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2024-11125","import_time":"2024-12-09T14:38:47.429592516Z","modified_time":"2024-12-09T06:50:51Z","sha256":"b134606ba4131fec6dffcaea5d179a43e02f1c316722dba51adc6b2ba5d8ce03","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.1"]},{"id":"pypi/2024-11-discconnect/pycalculater","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.455671608Z","modified_time":"2024-11-16T22:56:09Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"51106af900fd7468f6f0f4843241acc0d77ec25fa8202e9acf8e4bd9768f9fd9","source":"kam193"},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2024-11-discconnect/pycalculater","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.479283667Z","modified_time":"2024-11-16T22:56:09Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"84e239de4d2d6d9652a78ead4c1ebb6b3f4952aeb54dc51dc30765eaaf806368"},{"id":"pypi/2024-11-discconnect/pycalculater","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.695612938Z","modified_time":"2024-11-16T22:56:09Z","sha256":"480420580352f5878edb88bd8735a44447220fcc725d4cdb1e99ee74b02193b4","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1"]},{"modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:17:18Z","sha256":"35ef85dfa84fa413142d7514ae0f19781b5ebade139a0d11b03b8faf9594dbc6","source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00622","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:14.594446349Z"}],"iocs":{"urls":["https://filetransfer.io/data-package/MG85ggQt/download"]}},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file-analysis/Y2IyYmNjMjNlNjdmNzYwMmM0M2RkYjk4ZTliODllN2Y6MTczMTc5NzYxMg=="},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://tria.ge/241116-2zm18awbpe"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pycalculater"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pycalculater","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/pycalculater"},"versions":["0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pycalculater/MAL-2024-11668.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":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}