mal-2024-11618
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-10-16 21:12
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwfef (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (41b992b1717ae4c37710bfcb4b86d013ca8f3eb95dc9e06f47bdd813010db976)

According to the description, packages should demonstrate the dependency confusion attack. The realisation is, in fact, a spamming with packages having as the only purpose reporting basic data like hostname and current working directory.


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: 2024-10-lokopoil23

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • dependency-confusion

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwfef",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwfef"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "3gkkr6u2z1a9rinocp0ue4tw1n7ev4jt.oastify.com"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2024-11072",
        "import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:44.917906108Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:50:29Z",
        "sha256": "d611549633d8d168b74cc6ebb46afa2a64d6c1c77b884f593420a785d734e7fa",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-lokopoil23/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwfef",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.133165033Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "77243cbc9cd8223e444a80c02ae26990b9545c66ddb3bd2213b92ac55abb07ea",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-lokopoil23/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwfef",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.321926829Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "41b992b1717ae4c37710bfcb4b86d013ca8f3eb95dc9e06f47bdd813010db976",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-lokopoil23/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwfef",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.453932936Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
        "sha256": "8d45f3513f69411305b7be7bfbfcd62b62a68655c76bdde942f88f72064c1ac6",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (41b992b1717ae4c37710bfcb4b86d013ca8f3eb95dc9e06f47bdd813010db976)\nAccording to the description, packages should demonstrate the dependency confusion attack. The realisation is, in fact, a spamming with packages having as the only purpose reporting basic data like hostname and current working directory.\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: 2024-10-lokopoil23\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n",
  "id": "MAL-2024-11618",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwfef"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwfef (PyPI)"
}


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