{"id":"MAL-2025-1975","summary":"Malicious code in farooq4321 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (165ce280a6d073eebbba054677a6c80307c8353b31e41732ba1ffc1f8a020aa4)\nCode in setup.py attempts to call a webhook, but most importantly to execute a revshell\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-02-farooq4321\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:53:03.181906Z","published":"2025-02-04T19:09:33Z","database_specific":{"iocs":{"domains":["electronics-affiliate.gl.at.ply.gg"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2025-01216","import_time":"2025-03-03T15:07:15.098737294Z","modified_time":"2025-03-03T13:44:53Z","sha256":"5e73139e6b9c692a8fe69bf7bd6afacf2d15c854fad546a90f4e18d04005c50c","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2025-02-farooq4321/farooq4321","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.18377882Z","modified_time":"2025-02-04T19:09:33Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"ceb936fd2fc63bff68bca177780c745be2347bf7b1175b52f68c58ab81e3007d"},{"id":"pypi/2025-02-farooq4321/farooq4321","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.192170465Z","modified_time":"2025-02-04T19:09:33Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"165ce280a6d073eebbba054677a6c80307c8353b31e41732ba1ffc1f8a020aa4","source":"kam193"},{"modified_time":"2025-02-04T19:09:33Z","sha256":"43e9a968d119c0ae87cad73f5ffae0b3acee0fd7475f0ee3205ead682390dcd7","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0"],"id":"pypi/2025-02-farooq4321/farooq4321","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.476319903Z"},{"import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:44.76580708Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:13:46Z","sha256":"8440182ffbe72f527d4f14fd778e5d27f9151c2a33847eba9800889e84ebc416","source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00315"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/farooq4321"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"farooq4321","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/farooq4321"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/farooq4321/MAL-2025-1975.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"}]}