mal-2025-191483
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-11-26 06:40
Modified
2025-12-03 00:04
Summary
Malicious code in hooktest2 (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (207bb5790445a690e4cbb75453026def57279287f88d6c54c7af956e3ba89e1c)
During installation, the package starts a code to retrieve and execute commands from Discord
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-11-hooktest1
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
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The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.
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rat
Source: ossf-package-analysis (4f2601a65663badae35e814ced0812aa9618d4a318fb46f045721e67043d9957)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'hooktest2' @ 0.1.1 (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": "hooktest2"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.1"
]
}
],
"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": "2025-11-28T04:40:12.257693183Z",
"modified_time": "2025-11-26T06:40:43Z",
"sha256": "4f2601a65663badae35e814ced0812aa9618d4a318fb46f045721e67043d9957",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"0.1.1"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-11-hooktest1/hooktest2",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.253488575Z",
"modified_time": "2025-11-26T08:07:26.214646Z",
"sha256": "5620ff22dfb87011ca790d80b0ba39953cfda43853a70acf0ea4926e64fdeb7d",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.1"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-11-hooktest1/hooktest2",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.275961459Z",
"modified_time": "2025-11-26T08:07:26.214646Z",
"sha256": "207bb5790445a690e4cbb75453026def57279287f88d6c54c7af956e3ba89e1c",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (207bb5790445a690e4cbb75453026def57279287f88d6c54c7af956e3ba89e1c)\nDuring installation, the package starts a code to retrieve and execute commands from Discord\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-hooktest1\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim\u0027s machine.\n\n\n - rat\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (4f2601a65663badae35e814ced0812aa9618d4a318fb46f045721e67043d9957)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027hooktest2\u0027 @ 0.1.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-191483",
"modified": "2025-12-03T00:04:27Z",
"published": "2025-11-26T06:40:43Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hooktest2"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in hooktest2 (PyPI)"
}
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