{"id":"MAL-2026-3248","summary":"Malicious code in pwn-control (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (719b4c85917a0a8bc84e7591598b0d17098dd32c8f29b5c09eb25fe1d3e079c3)\nDuring installation, the code runs code to silently control the device via Telegram bot (execute commands, exfiltrate files).\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-system-update-tool\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - rat\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - peristence-autorun\n\n\n - persistence\n\n\n - impersonation\n","modified":"2026-07-09T09:33:21.669267138Z","published":"2026-05-03T13:49:59Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","sha256":"719b4c85917a0a8bc84e7591598b0d17098dd32c8f29b5c09eb25fe1d3e079c3","import_time":"2026-05-03T14:23:32.593662107Z","id":"pypi/2026-05-system-update-tool/pwn-control","modified_time":"2026-05-03T13:49:59.156482Z","versions":["1.0"]},{"modified_time":"2026-07-07T11:49:53Z","versions":["1.0"],"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"1cf3da0dde7117940020508c1067ff3ffabf142bc3aa0f3a4c799b7c7d6fe1f4","import_time":"2026-07-09T09:11:39.922585811Z","id":"RLMA-2026-02106"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pwn-control"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pwn-control","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/pwn-control"},"versions":["1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pwn-control/MAL-2026-3248.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}