{"id":"MAL-2025-3208","summary":"Malicious code in quizdom (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (2b6e87a0fb56928d5946cb4cff73f2dd9a9ef6eda0d943f74d7f0c4333df8be0)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (54859476f6015ea4a22d1cbfaf5087feddc5a7281f40482da9fd9cb7aa362f65)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'quizdom' @ 0.1.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","modified":"2025-12-12T20:40:22.157278Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2025-04-14T15:06:06Z","sha256":"54859476f6015ea4a22d1cbfaf5087feddc5a7281f40482da9fd9cb7aa362f65","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["0.1.0"],"import_time":"2025-04-14T15:06:26.258036611Z"},{"versions":["0.3.0"],"import_time":"2025-04-14T16:06:44.638674947Z","modified_time":"2025-04-14T16:06:24Z","sha256":"9b43ffb1ee6cbcdc7b9b8a0c2e37c763acc65e97e85e69a991c8c936069dc59e","source":"ossf-package-analysis"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/quizdom","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.352753426Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"645c3cc942152f460230ac5477b10e0845893c83751f26d5d4327e7d938e5fb4","source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.544358414Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"2b6e87a0fb56928d5946cb4cff73f2dd9a9ef6eda0d943f74d7f0c4333df8be0","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/quizdom"},{"versions":["0.1.0","0.2.0","0.3.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/quizdom","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.647220825Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"b84a7ac7e82cf445e341d1278c6cfd9b9e7b11a5010fbe65bfbe5bd430a668c4","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/quizdom"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"quizdom","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/quizdom"},"versions":["0.1.0","0.3.0","0.2.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/quizdom/MAL-2025-3208.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":"ANALYST"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}