mal-2024-11564
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-10-07 22:16
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in crypto-format-checking (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (a95b535a5d579db23cf10d4a9897278238afb3093600235b1f39ddf2cca74600)

Inside the library there is a part running code hidden in the attached image, which then exfiltrate user-provided data, downloads and install next stage code, exfiltrate TXT files and finally installs infostealers - Lumma and a custom one. Arround L110


Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2024-10-fake-usreagent

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • files-exfiltration

  • clipboard-stealing

  • obfuscation

  • clones-real-package

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "crypto-format-checking",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/crypto-format-checking"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.7.5",
        "1.7.6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "ethscanold.com",
        "crypto-api.net"
      ],
      "urls": [
        "https://ethscanold.com/ex_ewq1/2e.exe",
        "https://ethscanold.com/ex_ewq1/cdr2.exe",
        "https://ethscanold.com/r.php"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2024-11011",
        "import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:42.589325747Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:50:02Z",
        "sha256": "cb41607036269bb0a1c45971747774c6892126b1c3c80bcfa6a13040a4f95fd9",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "1.7.5",
          "1.7.6"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-fake-usreagent/crypto-format-checking",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.079202631Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-07T22:16:18Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "a92a8d306075287f4756fade7ae39f19fe83b1819c22fc93a14ac0138ec5c96d",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-fake-usreagent/crypto-format-checking",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.089303872Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-07T22:16:18Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "a95b535a5d579db23cf10d4a9897278238afb3093600235b1f39ddf2cca74600",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-fake-usreagent/crypto-format-checking",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.381898607Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-07T22:16:18Z",
        "sha256": "267f2f8f9f1deb4e22e65491feb5819438df12068bfc152174d481bdda85e7b0",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.7.5",
          "1.7.6"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (a95b535a5d579db23cf10d4a9897278238afb3093600235b1f39ddf2cca74600)\nInside the library there is a part running code hidden in the attached image, which then exfiltrate user-provided data, downloads and install next stage code, exfiltrate TXT files and finally installs infostealers - Lumma and a custom one. Arround L110\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-10-fake-usreagent\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - infostealer\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - clipboard-stealing\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n",
  "id": "MAL-2024-11564",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:52Z",
  "published": "2024-10-07T22:16:18Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/crypto-format-checking"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in crypto-format-checking (PyPI)"
}


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