mal-2025-1975
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-02-04 19:09
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in farooq4321 (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (165ce280a6d073eebbba054677a6c80307c8353b31e41732ba1ffc1f8a020aa4)
Code in setup.py attempts to call a webhook, but most importantly to execute a revshell
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-02-farooq4321
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.
-
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Credits
ReversingLabs
www.reversinglabs.com
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "farooq4321",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/farooq4321"
},
"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://www.reversinglabs.com"
],
"name": "ReversingLabs",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"domains": [
"electronics-affiliate.gl.at.ply.gg"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "RLMA-2025-01216",
"import_time": "2025-03-03T15:07:15.098737294Z",
"modified_time": "2025-03-03T13:44:53Z",
"sha256": "5e73139e6b9c692a8fe69bf7bd6afacf2d15c854fad546a90f4e18d04005c50c",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"1.0.0"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-02-farooq4321/farooq4321",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.18377882Z",
"modified_time": "2025-02-04T19:09:33Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "ceb936fd2fc63bff68bca177780c745be2347bf7b1175b52f68c58ab81e3007d",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-02-farooq4321/farooq4321",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.192170465Z",
"modified_time": "2025-02-04T19:09:33Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "165ce280a6d073eebbba054677a6c80307c8353b31e41732ba1ffc1f8a020aa4",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-02-farooq4321/farooq4321",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.476319903Z",
"modified_time": "2025-02-04T19:09:33Z",
"sha256": "43e9a968d119c0ae87cad73f5ffae0b3acee0fd7475f0ee3205ead682390dcd7",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"1.0.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (165ce280a6d073eebbba054677a6c80307c8353b31e41732ba1ffc1f8a020aa4)\nCode in setup.py attempts to call a webhook, but most importantly to execute a revshell\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-02-farooq4321\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim\u0027s machine.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-1975",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2025-02-04T19:09:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/farooq4321"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in farooq4321 (PyPI)"
}
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