mal-2024-9067
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-10-01 14:51
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in website-scanner (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (bab4a414e51f614858ff935138ccb2632b0ba1801566c398a699e692715ccaae)

The obfuscated code in setup.py on installation collects information about the system (all possible about hardware, available resources, IP, names, etc.) and sends to a telegram webhook.


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

Campaign: 2024-09-website-scanner

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-generic

  • obfuscation

  • A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (06dde0f250e5ce430d8501b6cecadc7839daed79bdaf46415c8c59f53114fab8)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'website-scanner' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "website-scanner"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.0.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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://github.com/ossf/package-analysis",
        "https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
      ],
      "name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "urls": [
        "https://api.telegram.org/bot7140748891:AAER8n1iFArAAMlK1dUdPeAs6sRi8vK6QgU/sendMessage"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "import_time": "2024-10-02T03:37:58.047877956Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-01T14:51:20Z",
        "sha256": "06dde0f250e5ce430d8501b6cecadc7839daed79bdaf46415c8c59f53114fab8",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-09-website-scanner/website-scanner",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.762733437Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-01T15:49:45Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "677d8b34d6f083d27ddd6ae3a324aaa6e084f543c1b33c0871abf7b26e571ea9",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-09-website-scanner/website-scanner",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.805239139Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-01T15:49:45Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "bab4a414e51f614858ff935138ccb2632b0ba1801566c398a699e692715ccaae",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-09-website-scanner/website-scanner",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.970967946Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-01T15:49:45Z",
        "sha256": "e040b4a75acca156955b5da79b3df464c665bc86727fd87d0e0ee675e96ecc6f",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (bab4a414e51f614858ff935138ccb2632b0ba1801566c398a699e692715ccaae)\nThe obfuscated code in setup.py on installation collects information about the system (all possible about hardware, available resources, IP, names, etc.) and sends to a telegram webhook.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-09-website-scanner\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (06dde0f250e5ce430d8501b6cecadc7839daed79bdaf46415c8c59f53114fab8)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027website-scanner\u0027 @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2024-9067",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:54Z",
  "published": "2024-10-01T14:51:20Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/website-scanner"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in website-scanner (PyPI)"
}


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