mal-2025-191685
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-07-17 19:19
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in avatar-handler (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (c3750cf8fac7fc22334d1fb416e7f3af691425c669829dcc9857abdc1384bbb7)
Code pretending to handling downloading an image, but in fact is prepared to download and execute a Powershell script image properties. No known usage
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-07-avatar-handler
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
obfuscation
-
Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
Credits
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "avatar-handler"
},
"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": "REPORTER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/2025-07-avatar-handler/avatar-handler",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:54.957554317Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-17T19:19:10.544588Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "055e12f86fabffdc9679d65d2e06abe77ff1f1f873beae66d52f14383a03749a",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-07-avatar-handler/avatar-handler",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:17.997852994Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-17T19:19:10.544588Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "c3750cf8fac7fc22334d1fb416e7f3af691425c669829dcc9857abdc1384bbb7",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-07-avatar-handler/avatar-handler",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.302255177Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-17T19:19:10.544588Z",
"sha256": "4acc9843405411646c0e7096a60589651aa0a5b04a585a02e38ac0a7a88b868b",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"1.0.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c3750cf8fac7fc22334d1fb416e7f3af691425c669829dcc9857abdc1384bbb7)\nCode pretending to handling downloading an image, but in fact is prepared to download and execute a Powershell script image properties. No known usage\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-avatar-handler\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-191685",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:52Z",
"published": "2025-07-17T19:19:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/avatar-handler"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in avatar-handler (PyPI)"
}
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