{"id":"MAL-2024-12215","summary":"Malicious code in bestcolorsever (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (8335ea2981241d7eb1836338e2a942abf4f5096eb264b0ceb13e85ec435b6465)\nPackages either test the malicious behaviour, or actually download and run a simple remote script during the installation.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: 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.\n\n\nCampaign: 2023-12-valuent\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 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n","modified":"2025-12-12T20:36:25.376999Z","published":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/bestcolorsever","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.881434956Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"5577c45b8c9cc4e03d69b71aac21c2de1101f9ca7a634f541e1af710e1893444","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/bestcolorsever","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.065103053Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"8335ea2981241d7eb1836338e2a942abf4f5096eb264b0ceb13e85ec435b6465","source":"kam193"},{"modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","sha256":"6e4207a598c80a540d8bf0bea97433ce0ab6f4afb2d58178bb56e21c7d5550ef","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0"],"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/bestcolorsever","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.203019225Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/bestcolorsever"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bestcolorsever","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/bestcolorsever"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/bestcolorsever/MAL-2024-12215.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","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"}]}