mal-2024-11744
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-10-03 15:11
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in viplotlib (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (2613f1ba2960b7e0358efd0c3e8cf7977619c4c21f485a57bc5244e063cdf1db)

Running the module triggers obfuscated code that downloads a DLL containing reverse shell and injects it to a benign process.


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

Campaign: 2024-10-alfooou

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • backdoor

  • obfuscation


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "viplotlib",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/viplotlib"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.0.0",
        "1.0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": {
      "urls": [
        "http://ec2-3-84-149-132.compute-1.amazonaws.com:3232/windows_dll"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2024-11205",
        "import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:50.849487501Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:51:27Z",
        "sha256": "97ca8b1ba36d514648748428ff3b042210d21428ba925c4e8913fdc58c389954",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0",
          "1.0.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-alfooou/viplotlib",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.714515745Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-03T15:11:09Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "9978c4f1784f57edd075e6b946e9c21ee6bc0eb1c57f6935ab2ff809f1c0f504",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-alfooou/viplotlib",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.754505894Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-03T15:11:09Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "2613f1ba2960b7e0358efd0c3e8cf7977619c4c21f485a57bc5244e063cdf1db",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-alfooou/viplotlib",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.924899187Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-03T15:11:09Z",
        "sha256": "bb4dfd64809dad506a324385beb6b6df8616add8edf7bad18e3537787d891b34",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0",
          "1.0.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (2613f1ba2960b7e0358efd0c3e8cf7977619c4c21f485a57bc5244e063cdf1db)\nRunning the module triggers obfuscated code that downloads a DLL containing reverse shell and injects it to a benign process.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-10-alfooou\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - backdoor\n\n\n - obfuscation\n",
  "id": "MAL-2024-11744",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:54Z",
  "published": "2024-10-03T15:11:09Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/042a7518512ab61a1ed52cc16c637905c70ebbab55a766fa63ced504ba61945b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/viplotlib"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in viplotlib (PyPI)"
}


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