{"id":"MAL-2025-6428","summary":"Malicious code in 0x000testqwe (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (4c1f4407cfafbdc3391f55d6b0c6c7344e0e87cfc42f7eb6dfdd9239a82433b7)\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":"2026-03-19T12:49:53.357032Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"857900c14f46e276624dec01a3bfd3a618ad3217892ae6b5f4f56144ba091364","modified_time":"2025-07-31T19:13:52Z","id":"RLMA-2025-03512","versions":["5.20.4"],"source":"reversing-labs","import_time":"2025-08-01T10:07:08.732035398Z"},{"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/0x000testqwe","source":"kam193","sha256":"72847c66ad827a7d37038b8135dfcca41138a4b618fc4840102e39696cfba0b2","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.807254671Z"},{"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/0x000testqwe","source":"kam193","sha256":"4c1f4407cfafbdc3391f55d6b0c6c7344e0e87cfc42f7eb6dfdd9239a82433b7","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.992934703Z"},{"sha256":"4d79c8c8b3a7abebe3b8625236f64127816faa4386ece2fff48296e2ad1d828f","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/0x000testqwe","versions":["5.20.4"],"source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.142637006Z"},{"sha256":"78774f61140eaaf71ed3ef79e6b56a2e1dd143e9d653026c05ad90cc3c4bbe7f","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:10:41Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00034","source":"reversing-labs","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:19.747994061Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/0x000testqwe"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"0x000testqwe","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/0x000testqwe"},"versions":["5.20.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/0x000testqwe/MAL-2025-6428.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"}]}