mal-2025-2993
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-03-04 10:02
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in pythonhttp (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (3ed5759c2260c5467724f053f3d59eac62f5491fc2d03350fef0a6f832652e3b)

Installing the package starts a heavily obfuscated Powershell Script that attempts to (at least) overwrite copied crypto wallets


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

Campaign: 2025-03-pythonhttp

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • obfuscation

  • malware

  • crypto-related


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "pythonhttp",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/pythonhttp"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.1",
        "1.0.4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "ANALYST"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-01992",
        "import_time": "2025-03-31T07:07:06.549163703Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-28T13:06:08Z",
        "sha256": "6a122a77250072d59a6c30b2481a19b1b841182f8531a7007131dd824324c4b1",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.1",
          "1.0.4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-03-pythonhttp/pythonhttp",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.497664702Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "47baf933e5681e0c9ccded4eb43838eba6471b269f6d6931be73a7ad98d38974",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-03-pythonhttp/pythonhttp",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.522521497Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "3ed5759c2260c5467724f053f3d59eac62f5491fc2d03350fef0a6f832652e3b",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-03-pythonhttp/pythonhttp",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.740957417Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
        "sha256": "9f890dd2f7a693f0c2fe632b76bd7d111480dab1a6200c6671731ce0b5161f07",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.4"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3ed5759c2260c5467724f053f3d59eac62f5491fc2d03350fef0a6f832652e3b)\nInstalling the package starts a heavily obfuscated Powershell Script that attempts to (at least) overwrite copied crypto wallets\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-03-pythonhttp\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 - obfuscation\n\n\n - malware\n\n\n - crypto-related\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-2993",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pythonhttp"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in pythonhttp (PyPI)"
}


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