{"id":"MAL-2024-12323","summary":"Malicious code in pinloggertest (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d5f6beadd08c32e5fd2f899428285a58ab3d696ef0fc06d2eff10e2d8630fa9a)\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":"2025-12-12T20:41:35.148629Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.29597236Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"e86a9ecac517a994faefc58bbbd243f7847d836754d5af3f0f243aa85c85813a","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pinloggertest"},{"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"d5f6beadd08c32e5fd2f899428285a58ab3d696ef0fc06d2eff10e2d8630fa9a","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pinloggertest","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.483658829Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pinloggertest","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.599492209Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"1e3e789f09a106d40d34cb66bf5f485b8e7eb00a097c9bb2b4603f1c1ec11120","source":"kam193","versions":["3.0.0"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pinloggertest"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pinloggertest","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/pinloggertest"},"versions":["3.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pinloggertest/MAL-2024-12323.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"}]}