{"id":"MAL-2024-12264","summary":"Malicious code in ethercheck (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c202b40df14e5a6ba231853aefc190984e981a5f22ef90d3d2e3da641643e8dd)\nDuring importing, the code attempts to decrypt data embeded in READMEs. The decrypted code is then used to download further remote scripts\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2023-11-decrypt-from-readme\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n - crypto-related\n","modified":"2026-01-14T10:54:02.627506Z","published":"2024-08-09T19:07:06Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"599a971566336bf34713a7543760ea1e21a497602d38b02c08558336dbad0c99","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"id":"pypi/2023-11-decrypt-from-readme/ethercheck","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-08-09T19:07:06Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.140428777Z"},{"sha256":"e13d1ae706f2710b716eed91ab495919a1051d1067294ff00b456003f90574c7","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"id":"pypi/2023-11-decrypt-from-readme/ethercheck","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-08-09T19:07:06Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.151528667Z"},{"sha256":"6b6a54b938ca0f0c2606c178644dc6964731bc0328c068cf99526ef4df25b4a8","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.433169654Z","id":"pypi/2023-11-decrypt-from-readme/ethercheck","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-08-09T19:07:06Z","versions":["1.1.1","1.1.2"]},{"sha256":"c202b40df14e5a6ba231853aefc190984e981a5f22ef90d3d2e3da641643e8dd","import_time":"2026-01-14T10:43:36.195206986Z","id":"pypi/2023-11-decrypt-from-readme/ethercheck","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-08-09T19:07:06Z","versions":["1.1.1","1.1.2"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ethercheck"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ethercheck","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/ethercheck"},"versions":["1.1.1","1.1.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/ethercheck/MAL-2024-12264.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"},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}