{"id":"MAL-2025-192930","summary":"Malicious code in pxdbench (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d0668ec9c7f4535009661c430bc932c09667a7d31aa3f8912a09c65afc21f529)\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":"2025-12-31T02:56:14.535740Z","published":"2025-12-25T11:04:53Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["0.1.0","0.0.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pxdbench","import_time":"2025-12-25T12:11:41.396730458Z","modified_time":"2025-12-25T11:04:53.645032Z","sha256":"d0668ec9c7f4535009661c430bc932c09667a7d31aa3f8912a09c65afc21f529","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pxdbench","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.332180543Z","modified_time":"2025-12-25T11:04:53.645032Z","sha256":"6a06919b9f87236de37aee03363aefa9514282945f899320a1e913057605739e","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.0","0.1.0"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pxdbench"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pxdbench","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/pxdbench"},"versions":["0.1.0","0.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pxdbench/MAL-2025-192930.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}