{"id":"MAL-2025-191821","summary":"Malicious code in prof-qux (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (5b87af8d8f13bd43c1cf3490ea551b8d60fe05a482875597ef2fe5d2c200ca19)\nPackage silently exfiltrates user's credentials ahead of starting the promised functionality. First batch used simple code, the newer attempt to hide functionality by using compiled modules\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-prof-quotex\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n\n - A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.\n\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n","modified":"2025-12-31T02:56:10.146027Z","published":"2025-07-26T15:02:22Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-qux","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.438674334Z","modified_time":"2025-07-26T15:02:22.743626Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"bdc7a9e5c35abee9504343d1d2236e19d23556b4d45370b9c6287d88a8e0e41a"},{"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"5b87af8d8f13bd43c1cf3490ea551b8d60fe05a482875597ef2fe5d2c200ca19","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-qux","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.462374038Z","modified_time":"2025-07-26T15:02:22.743626Z"},{"id":"pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-qux","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.677510773Z","modified_time":"2025-07-26T15:02:22.743626Z","sha256":"f02730ba54323a45a43702f72877e2df8b05ce54307980eeebbdc55276856d63","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.2","0.0.1","0.0.3","0.0.4"]},{"sha256":"270e21378321e13660721977370c7da51014c1dd03effb85af7bdf736741f6f8","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3","0.0.4"],"id":"pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-qux","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.141424646Z","modified_time":"2025-07-26T15:02:22.743626Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://tria.ge/250731-lnhpcsfk9x/behavioral1"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://tria.ge/250731-25hnpahn7y/behavioral1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/prof-qux"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"prof-qux","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/prof-qux"},"versions":["0.0.2","0.0.1","0.0.3","0.0.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/prof-qux/MAL-2025-191821.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"}]}