mal-2025-191821
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-07-26 15:02
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in prof-qux (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (5b87af8d8f13bd43c1cf3490ea551b8d60fe05a482875597ef2fe5d2c200ca19)

Package silently exfiltrates user's credentials ahead of starting the promised functionality. First batch used simple code, the newer attempt to hide functionality by using compiled modules


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

Campaign: 2025-07-prof-quotex

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage

  • A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.

  • exfiltration-credentials


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "prof-qux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.0.2",
        "0.0.1",
        "0.0.3",
        "0.0.4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "REPORTER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-qux",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.438674334Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-26T15:02:22.743626Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "bdc7a9e5c35abee9504343d1d2236e19d23556b4d45370b9c6287d88a8e0e41a",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-qux",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.462374038Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-26T15:02:22.743626Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "5b87af8d8f13bd43c1cf3490ea551b8d60fe05a482875597ef2fe5d2c200ca19",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-qux",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.677510773Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-26T15:02:22.743626Z",
        "sha256": "f02730ba54323a45a43702f72877e2df8b05ce54307980eeebbdc55276856d63",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.2",
          "0.0.1",
          "0.0.3",
          "0.0.4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-qux",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.141424646Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-26T15:02:22.743626Z",
        "sha256": "270e21378321e13660721977370c7da51014c1dd03effb85af7bdf736741f6f8",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.1",
          "0.0.2",
          "0.0.3",
          "0.0.4"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (5b87af8d8f13bd43c1cf3490ea551b8d60fe05a482875597ef2fe5d2c200ca19)\nPackage silently exfiltrates user\u0027s credentials ahead of starting the promised functionality. First batch used simple code, the newer attempt to hide functionality by using compiled modules\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-prof-quotex\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n\n - A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.\n\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-191821",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:15Z",
  "published": "2025-07-26T15:02:22Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://tria.ge/250731-lnhpcsfk9x/behavioral1"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://tria.ge/250731-25hnpahn7y/behavioral1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/prof-qux"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in prof-qux (PyPI)"
}


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