{"id":"MAL-2024-9943","summary":"Malicious code in artindex (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3f19c3c0f0a7d0edd2a53f7c3879706561e0e7d4596b11e9eebbb1d896e90a46)\nImporting a module starts downloading and executing an infostealer, widely identified by AV/sandboxes.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-08-embeds-RealtekHDAudioManager\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - infostealer\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:50:28.627306Z","published":"2024-09-04T21:25:32Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2024-07830","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.0.1"],"modified_time":"2024-10-16T14:36:27Z","import_time":"2024-10-24T00:56:53.449365672Z","sha256":"43e28265c681527f9fce301e8996e038f3a92428bc79a904aaca45d5c9a76aae"},{"id":"pypi/2024-08-embeds-RealtekHDAudioManager/artindex","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-09-04T21:25:32Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:54.941129042Z","sha256":"bed327e8caef3b60190d483d0632f4ffe8ff26e799409916ac92eff6d0af43bc","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"id":"pypi/2024-08-embeds-RealtekHDAudioManager/artindex","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-09-04T21:25:32Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:17.980362923Z","sha256":"3f19c3c0f0a7d0edd2a53f7c3879706561e0e7d4596b11e9eebbb1d896e90a46","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"id":"pypi/2024-08-embeds-RealtekHDAudioManager/artindex","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.1"],"modified_time":"2024-09-04T21:25:32Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.285842751Z","sha256":"733a00a1f3e74a670bf1afdff9384072ddc0a0f3dc11b16fbdc1d6419028e873"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00078","source":"reversing-labs","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:11:11Z","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:23.565547526Z","sha256":"78b0816ef009c11859a182f87083c9591ba7c286bd5bc8dbcaab7a403dbb5b10"}],"iocs":{"urls":["https://github.com/holdthatcode/host/raw/main/howl.exe","https://github.com/holdthatcode/host/raw/main/menu.exe","https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bloodstainedvvs/host/main/code.exe","https://github.com/bloodstainedvvs/host/raw/main/zwerve.exe","https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1276975489780809812/1282787632082059359/zwerve.exe?ex=66e0a094&is=66df4f14&hm=f4604d9783911e770716516e30d4f665214449f46aa2c5a59afc4bda7042bfba&","https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/code.exe","https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/zwerve.exe","https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/CBLines.exe","https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/Anch.exe"]}},"references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/249c91245c949e8e7cc7f4bd3d6aef9b354c1d249fc3097b0363862ed7269886"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://tria.ge/240904-zj4b6awckl/behavioral1"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/62a7ed6c03d5e519cc5121fe8ad967bdadbbda106a3250b03ab50fb10457ed37"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://tria.ge/240913-pcqgls1cna"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/artindex"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"artindex","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/artindex"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/artindex/MAL-2024-9943.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","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"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}