mal-2024-12329
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-09-06 11:29
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in pwnstar-lib (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (0b5a94b7cc47cb91bf552abe43f1a0d078ed5c6e668c5ff4caa8c4d9f6d14177)
Generic campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
exfiltration-env-variables
-
exfiltration-generic
-
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
-
typosquatting
Credits
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "pwnstar-lib"
},
"versions": [
"1.5",
"1.6",
"1.7",
"1.8",
"1.9",
"2.0",
"2.1",
"2.3",
"2.4"
]
}
],
"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"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/pwnstar-lib",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.451529597Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "b3dac5dfd9f2bf5f95ad7a7588b51d247f703eb4e881afd67bc6f53b046be708",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/pwnstar-lib",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.474820214Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "0b5a94b7cc47cb91bf552abe43f1a0d078ed5c6e668c5ff4caa8c4d9f6d14177",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/pwnstar-lib",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.691316501Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
"sha256": "ea6fc7d7146c4ac70dab83c40b4d4095fdba3bd615db80fba2860d655083940b",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"1.5",
"1.6",
"1.7",
"1.8",
"1.9",
"2.0",
"2.1",
"2.3",
"2.4"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (0b5a94b7cc47cb91bf552abe43f1a0d078ed5c6e668c5ff4caa8c4d9f6d14177)\nGeneric campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - typosquatting\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-12329",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pwnstar-lib"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in pwnstar-lib (PyPI)"
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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