mal-2025-2152
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-03-05 10:21
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in certifications (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (7d51c9defecdd382c5048eb6f92b32558355b8457b2b5cd63f3d86e12e8ed35b)

Package contains a reverse shell.


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

Campaign: 2025-03-certifications

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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (0515ead14660dcbffe28456794b1f84f6a8416f72a81ede8833f475644c70afd)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'certifications' @ 999.999.999 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "certifications"
      },
      "versions": [
        "999.999.999"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "2025-03-05T10:38:02.177185138Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-05T10:21:04Z",
        "sha256": "0515ead14660dcbffe28456794b1f84f6a8416f72a81ede8833f475644c70afd",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
        "versions": [
          "999.999.999"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-03-certifications/certifications",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.038212128Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-05T10:47:45Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "f057dff70b37ff4a7cf923a36404dd6aea73f24657f0ffc39aa6641f91d0a795",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-03-certifications/certifications",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.046631856Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-05T10:47:45Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "7d51c9defecdd382c5048eb6f92b32558355b8457b2b5cd63f3d86e12e8ed35b",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-03-certifications/certifications",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.339744392Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-05T10:47:45Z",
        "sha256": "35659660f35d67be862ea1f43a87c295826869dc31e4387717f43f6b46ab9669",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "999.999.999"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (7d51c9defecdd382c5048eb6f92b32558355b8457b2b5cd63f3d86e12e8ed35b)\nPackage contains a reverse shell.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-03-certifications\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## Source: ossf-package-analysis (0515ead14660dcbffe28456794b1f84f6a8416f72a81ede8833f475644c70afd)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027certifications\u0027 @ 999.999.999 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-2152",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:52Z",
  "published": "2025-03-05T10:21:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/certifications"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in certifications (PyPI)"
}


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