mal-2024-11674
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: kam193 (52228ec641ddc958a8048619d93a51b762697ab133afc13ec13c01d24b120467)
The pyprettifier library has a feature to send out the user home path throuh the logger. It's attached to the init of EmojiConverter class. Other related packages utilize a typosquatting to imitate real packages, and attempts to call the EmojiConverter from pyprettifier, triggering notifying the author about the user's home path.
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-pyprettifier
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
typosquatting
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The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package
-
action-hidden-in-lib-usage
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The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "pyprettifier",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/pyprettifier"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.1",
"0.1.2",
"0.1.3",
"0.1.4",
"0.1.5"
]
}
],
"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": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "RLMA-2024-11131",
"import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:47.645113508Z",
"modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:50:54Z",
"sha256": "5c174dc35a6eb20ea8baf16c04b2d84a2c43d75f5fece0a3de510fe00bf0d6c2",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.1",
"0.1.2",
"0.1.3",
"0.1.4",
"0.1.5"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/pyprettifier",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.326596309Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-29T18:01:44Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "d16875f95907e63c0f307b7230d32fb3579b874ab4c9154e8a3457ed410e0938",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/pyprettifier",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.516706954Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-29T18:01:44Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "52228ec641ddc958a8048619d93a51b762697ab133afc13ec13c01d24b120467",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/pyprettifier",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.627188229Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-29T18:01:44Z",
"sha256": "990bc01877ca76b4e9c2f8a350d42e9bd46dbdaeb3b5ab8f20d993fe75ad5222",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.1",
"0.1.2",
"0.1.3",
"0.1.4"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (52228ec641ddc958a8048619d93a51b762697ab133afc13ec13c01d24b120467)\nThe pyprettifier library has a feature to send out the user home path throuh the logger. It\u0027s attached to the __init__ of EmojiConverter class. Other related packages utilize a typosquatting to imitate real packages, and attempts to call the EmojiConverter from pyprettifier, triggering notifying the author about the user\u0027s home path.\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-pyprettifier\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n\n - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-11674",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2024-09-29T18:01:44Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pyprettifier"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in pyprettifier (PyPI)"
}
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.