mal-2024-11539
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-09-24 11:12
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in botnetv2 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (c81380140d3b7a9d5dddf19a386bb1fc8b9b55044fefc32997fc3d2af9969fcb)

When running the module, basic information about the user and its location are collected and sent to the author. This is hidden from the user as the package prints a message suggesting it's outdated.


Category: 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.

Campaign: 2024-09-botnetv2

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.

  • A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "botnetv2",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/botnetv2"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "REPORTER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2024-10984",
        "import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:41.38463013Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:49:51Z",
        "sha256": "7ab7f4740dcb4ce5b52236bdcadc50f619bc70d0a47aea65cc0bffcb35c02c9e",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-09-botnetv2/botnetv2",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.892029544Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-09-24T11:12:05Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "a3cd78517d2c4325a8e953e18fbdfe95dc85b4914b0e7356b77e47be39036b0c",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-09-botnetv2/botnetv2",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.077799131Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-09-24T11:12:05Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "c81380140d3b7a9d5dddf19a386bb1fc8b9b55044fefc32997fc3d2af9969fcb",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-09-botnetv2/botnetv2",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.211371697Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-09-24T11:12:05Z",
        "sha256": "f7d9a7180c5166cd8076868b1f1b7fc39f48678239ce312891adfd5a26e24415",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c81380140d3b7a9d5dddf19a386bb1fc8b9b55044fefc32997fc3d2af9969fcb)\nWhen running the module, basic information about the user and its location are collected and sent to the author. This is hidden from the user as the package prints a message suggesting it\u0027s outdated.\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 \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-09-botnetv2\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 - A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2024-11539",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:52Z",
  "published": "2024-09-24T11:12:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/botnetv2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in botnetv2 (PyPI)"
}


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