mal-2024-10042
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-08-05 22:25
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in mecit1 (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (84c154fb79729b15ec93f3c1f10fd3e06c1c312fae05df59a32c13172536e36a)
Package uses the template from https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip to explore building malicious PyPI packages.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
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Package uses simple pre-prepared tools to create a low-quality malicious action.
Credits
ReversingLabs
www.reversinglabs.com
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "mecit1",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/mecit1"
},
"versions": [
"1.0.0"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
"type": "ANALYST"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://www.reversinglabs.com"
],
"name": "ReversingLabs",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"urls": [
"https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "RLMA-2024-08506",
"import_time": "2024-10-24T00:57:00.484431713Z",
"modified_time": "2024-10-16T14:43:35Z",
"sha256": "d891b29d8f014b9b08ad12ea9a879fcc606fd933f4aef594b1548075767b63d5",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"1.0.0"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete/mecit1",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.330721035Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-05T22:25:51Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "33652ffe0915794b63bc136454e28846359d99c0c385f2c06eff7f7c41e8cf4c",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete/mecit1",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.358981493Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-05T22:25:51Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "84c154fb79729b15ec93f3c1f10fd3e06c1c312fae05df59a32c13172536e36a",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete/mecit1",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.588198974Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-05T22:25:51Z",
"sha256": "5b5fb53072761f63eea21d78be5cc119e300b5621d0efbd9179e619c396622a5",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"1.0.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (84c154fb79729b15ec93f3c1f10fd3e06c1c312fae05df59a32c13172536e36a)\nPackage uses the template from https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip to explore building malicious PyPI packages.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete\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\n - Package uses simple pre-prepared tools to create a low-quality malicious action.\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-10042",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2024-08-05T22:25:51Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mecit1"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in mecit1 (PyPI)"
}
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