mal-2024-8946
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-09-23 14:00
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in rcebymrx (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (65ddcbfb52d8c96bb51c713d62841675f75e9e5225efc9380917c6cf79bed8ab)
When importing the module, the /etc/passwd file is exfiltrated
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-mrx1w1
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- files-exfiltration
Source: ossf-package-analysis (b40993e43a581dac0abf88febbde6e0fb833dffb80824ed65880847c3309968d)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'rcebymrx' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Credits
OpenSSF: Package Analysis
github.com/ossf/package-analysis
openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "rcebymrx"
},
"versions": [
"0.0.1"
]
}
],
"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://github.com/ossf/package-analysis",
"https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
],
"name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"import_time": "2024-09-23T14:05:02.370751837Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-23T14:00:45Z",
"sha256": "b40993e43a581dac0abf88febbde6e0fb833dffb80824ed65880847c3309968d",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"0.0.1"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-mrx1w1/rcebymrx",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.364029186Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-23T14:13:26Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "15f02f476bdb49f08203ae81feef2040d55d3b599ab38808c85ec5c3bbba6c63",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-mrx1w1/rcebymrx",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.551530072Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-23T14:13:26Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "65ddcbfb52d8c96bb51c713d62841675f75e9e5225efc9380917c6cf79bed8ab",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-mrx1w1/rcebymrx",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.653180025Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-23T14:13:26Z",
"sha256": "4b29448a21fc4a8c94ef1cffba23cf91fdc28f419a3455f67f4963c2f29665d7",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.0.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (65ddcbfb52d8c96bb51c713d62841675f75e9e5225efc9380917c6cf79bed8ab)\nWhen importing the module, the /etc/passwd file is exfiltrated\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-mrx1w1\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (b40993e43a581dac0abf88febbde6e0fb833dffb80824ed65880847c3309968d)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027rcebymrx\u0027 @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-8946",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2024-09-23T14:00:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/rcebymrx"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in rcebymrx (PyPI)"
}
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