mal-2024-11621
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-09-20 11:29
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in kersa (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (d622fba4f0f9e74871fb87964bdc3818e244e0f9669a814ae71b923ff699e9be)

During installation, a cryptominer is secretly installed and started.


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

Campaign: 2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • cryptominer

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • obfuscation


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "kersa",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/kersa"
      },
      "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": "ANALYST"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "urls": [
        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MoneroOcean/xmrig_setup/master/setup_moneroocean_miner.sh"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2024-11075",
        "import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:45.023142031Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:50:30Z",
        "sha256": "0b5970fc83c3c8e74b53c5ffcdd007aeb7a6ac97727427953ee2cfa5eb88b168",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer/kersa",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.297348426Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-09-20T11:29:31Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "7a7c14c07febc40085b168373a08d740c1674bf5b99770055357df6441109b92",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer/kersa",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.32256726Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-09-20T11:29:31Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "d622fba4f0f9e74871fb87964bdc3818e244e0f9669a814ae71b923ff699e9be",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer/kersa",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.562170634Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-09-20T11:29:31Z",
        "sha256": "f0dcf6d4c57719a718129f72f9c8d54b2df1b13cc81ea4f67e05a5a4ead22582",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d622fba4f0f9e74871fb87964bdc3818e244e0f9669a814ae71b923ff699e9be)\nDuring installation, a cryptominer is secretly installed and started.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - cryptominer\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n",
  "id": "MAL-2024-11621",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2024-09-20T11:29:31Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/kersa"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in kersa (PyPI)"
}


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