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
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
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
Credits
ReversingLabs
www.reversinglabs.com
{
"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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