mal-2025-3460
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-03-18 10:22
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in python-socket-test (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (93a8d30e631680bace9b05db1ac189cbcc472895fcfb1db40f4df52f301a6599)

Importing the package starts a script that takes commands from remote server and executes locally


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

Campaign: 2025-03-python-socket-test

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "python-socket-test",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/python-socket-test"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.0.0",
        "1.0.1",
        "1.1.1",
        "2.0.0",
        "2.0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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-2025-02524",
        "import_time": "2025-04-25T09:36:47.589754624Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-04-23T16:06:35Z",
        "sha256": "382f73d1e1afdcb53f0f53d1971a55c246aeab8a4b44cb4bd2e8ad450aac24e4",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0",
          "1.0.1",
          "1.1.1",
          "2.0.0",
          "2.0.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-03-python-socket-test/python-socket-test",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.493825504Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-18T10:22:52Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "ebda3713b5dc5450e5ab29810baa209491367514409022f5514a592dd2aa43b3",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-03-python-socket-test/python-socket-test",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.518739202Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-18T10:22:52Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "93a8d30e631680bace9b05db1ac189cbcc472895fcfb1db40f4df52f301a6599",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-03-python-socket-test/python-socket-test",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.737805993Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-18T10:22:52Z",
        "sha256": "84b55a44b9131e861d0ebe1884bed3f6ec52a705ccb96b8a3861e1a50a1fb8d0",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0",
          "1.0.1",
          "1.1.1",
          "2.0.0",
          "2.0.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (93a8d30e631680bace9b05db1ac189cbcc472895fcfb1db40f4df52f301a6599)\nImporting the package starts a script that takes commands from remote server and executes locally\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-03-python-socket-test\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim\u0027s machine.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-3460",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2025-03-18T10:22:52Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-socket-test"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in python-socket-test (PyPI)"
}


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