{"id":"MAL-2024-8946","summary":"Malicious code in rcebymrx (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (65ddcbfb52d8c96bb51c713d62841675f75e9e5225efc9380917c6cf79bed8ab)\nWhen importing the module, the /etc/passwd file is exfiltrated\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: 2024-09-mrx1w1\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (b40993e43a581dac0abf88febbde6e0fb833dffb80824ed65880847c3309968d)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'rcebymrx' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","modified":"2025-12-12T20:40:26.094693Z","published":"2024-09-23T14:00:45Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2024-09-23T14:00:45Z","source":"ossf-package-analysis","import_time":"2024-09-23T14:05:02.370751837Z","versions":["0.0.1"],"sha256":"b40993e43a581dac0abf88febbde6e0fb833dffb80824ed65880847c3309968d"},{"modified_time":"2024-09-23T14:13:26Z","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.364029186Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"15f02f476bdb49f08203ae81feef2040d55d3b599ab38808c85ec5c3bbba6c63","id":"pypi/2024-09-mrx1w1/rcebymrx"},{"modified_time":"2024-09-23T14:13:26Z","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.551530072Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"65ddcbfb52d8c96bb51c713d62841675f75e9e5225efc9380917c6cf79bed8ab","id":"pypi/2024-09-mrx1w1/rcebymrx"},{"modified_time":"2024-09-23T14:13:26Z","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.653180025Z","versions":["0.0.1"],"sha256":"4b29448a21fc4a8c94ef1cffba23cf91fdc28f419a3455f67f4963c2f29665d7","id":"pypi/2024-09-mrx1w1/rcebymrx"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/rcebymrx"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rcebymrx","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/rcebymrx"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/rcebymrx/MAL-2024-8946.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"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}