{"id":"MAL-2024-12216","summary":"Malicious code in bestcolorsever2 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (fa4352627d3e53d9bea22f4b439c0749f5a88407f6dda914fe43ca7612c5b101)\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":"2025-12-12T20:36:25.350097Z","published":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/bestcolorsever2","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.882485489Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"dad845b52ea2334b85ac47195ffc7d373b03ccbfe5b508a3fe81268f31eaa6fc","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/bestcolorsever2","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.066185648Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"fa4352627d3e53d9bea22f4b439c0749f5a88407f6dda914fe43ca7612c5b101","source":"kam193"},{"versions":["1.0.0"],"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/bestcolorsever2","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.203823153Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","sha256":"c472267013b6a18a675f5e072887fe489994e2f8a9dd9341c1e3df1c73d265ab","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/bestcolorsever2"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bestcolorsever2","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/bestcolorsever2"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/bestcolorsever2/MAL-2024-12216.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"}]}