{"id":"MAL-2024-12312","summary":"Malicious code in newpackagetest2024 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (1e2e6f858089751c96fa15bde74d24a4dc6a68758e3ee4870a9c0d1f7c66d378)\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":"2025-12-12T20:44:30.536715Z","published":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"36e76e941ef277acc3ad6511ae3f948a8c4ba6e19a3abb1a454f55fb551ea122","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2024","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.239595093Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}]},{"modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"1e2e6f858089751c96fa15bde74d24a4dc6a68758e3ee4870a9c0d1f7c66d378","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2024","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.427320715Z"},{"sha256":"6aa5e76ad3923cc921757c49e99d803fb66e99878220ef340ef74e38fc7e44b9","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0"],"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2024","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.544278211Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/newpackagetest2024"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"newpackagetest2024","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/newpackagetest2024"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/newpackagetest2024/MAL-2024-12312.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"}]}