{"id":"MAL-2024-12307","summary":"Malicious code in muxf (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (694c32190cb5df1b380a25e3c2235d032724d67bef75b932ed4f59101a5f0e7a)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\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","modified":"2025-12-12T20:44:25.556046Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/muxf","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.228139895Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"2964e6a529515dbbd776cd4ae8a0be73a3109ee9256e146d92c99e2e94c8de78","source":"kam193"},{"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"694c32190cb5df1b380a25e3c2235d032724d67bef75b932ed4f59101a5f0e7a","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/muxf","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.413295092Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z"},{"sha256":"cf22eb3d3490ad9c11035d2601a5148a8d8b5a01938f9313688755d8678bfe82","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.1"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/muxf","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.534429354Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/muxf"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"muxf","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/muxf"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/muxf/MAL-2024-12307.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"}]}