{"id":"MAL-2024-12282","summary":"Malicious code in handyfiles (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (381cd796d4e5fce8fb62c337374b5303e0b2466d67467efc95cbc4d7d8248dd4)\nDuring the installation, the package iterates its files and attempts to import a hidden module - which is embedded as ZIP archive in the image file\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-12-handyfiles\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n","modified":"2025-12-12T20:39:53.192027Z","published":"2024-12-24T17:49:23Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"id":"pypi/2024-12-handyfiles/handyfiles","modified_time":"2024-12-24T17:49:23Z","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.235301379Z","sha256":"ff07706cf12a9e367be39e539835ae8ee32652676ab1837588447db7871e60bb"},{"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"id":"pypi/2024-12-handyfiles/handyfiles","modified_time":"2024-12-24T17:49:23Z","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.257293387Z","sha256":"381cd796d4e5fce8fb62c337374b5303e0b2466d67467efc95cbc4d7d8248dd4"},{"versions":["0.0.1"],"id":"pypi/2024-12-handyfiles/handyfiles","modified_time":"2024-12-24T17:49:23Z","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.520858731Z","sha256":"7efccb64b4cdd8fb7874c44d3a4fc5d80cfcb38076c5bf26250310dddef5d4ee"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/handyfiles"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"handyfiles","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/handyfiles"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/handyfiles/MAL-2024-12282.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":"REPORTER"}]}