{"id":"MAL-2024-12234","summary":"Malicious code in christmasmiraclemaker (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (64f06a86dd5b916af92fc3adf5c1e5638df9eaa156a1bc122e4e647f2aae236e)\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":"2025-12-12T20:33:19.230997Z","published":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"eaad450cf6849b7e69a69cc6baaad3bce6d384a1e0ea513796a86fcfbc19c45e","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/christmasmiraclemaker","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.943371014Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z"},{"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/christmasmiraclemaker","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.133045533Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"64f06a86dd5b916af92fc3adf5c1e5638df9eaa156a1bc122e4e647f2aae236e","source":"kam193"},{"versions":["1.0.0"],"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/christmasmiraclemaker","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.269671062Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","sha256":"a26fbacd340cc136f838c93e3690de1f7844b6c249944c4ac85b593afd1dc1e1","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/christmasmiraclemaker"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"christmasmiraclemaker","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/christmasmiraclemaker"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/christmasmiraclemaker/MAL-2024-12234.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"}]}