mal-2025-5122
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-05-20 18:23
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in octopus32 (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (15fe4c8243ee2e3d9bb59df9134466819fdcb2e151cc4d79568dc4eb2dea9ac9)
The obfuscated code downloads and starts a remote executable. The remote file has limited detection in VT, but contains at least code to add Defender exclusion paths.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-05-octopus32
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
Downloads and executes a remote executable.
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obfuscation
Credits
ReversingLabs
www.reversinglabs.com
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "octopus32",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/octopus32"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.1"
]
}
],
"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": "REPORTER"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://www.reversinglabs.com"
],
"name": "ReversingLabs",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"urls": [
"https://github.com/portunaa/ProtonPP/raw/refs/heads/main/LastActivity.exe",
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/portunaa/ProtonPP/refs/heads/main/LastActivity.exe"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "RLMA-2025-03019",
"import_time": "2025-06-18T15:06:02.042915446Z",
"modified_time": "2025-06-18T10:15:15Z",
"sha256": "af892547bb44db0db1c2f36d380f9ed5e5bee3186ae5653cdd57a96cec1d3e15",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.1"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-05-octopus32/octopus32",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.37274958Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-20T18:23:54Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "9bf3c65a50bb5637482dc1208f78981469231e937d80cd001b107631773b83d8",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-05-octopus32/octopus32",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.398719347Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-20T18:23:54Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "15fe4c8243ee2e3d9bb59df9134466819fdcb2e151cc4d79568dc4eb2dea9ac9",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-05-octopus32/octopus32",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.616327458Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-20T18:23:54Z",
"sha256": "f41ad619fe0ac436fbed48ada79e2542cfc50f0b7f87adce88dd9dd03542ed6e",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (15fe4c8243ee2e3d9bb59df9134466819fdcb2e151cc4d79568dc4eb2dea9ac9)\nThe obfuscated code downloads and starts a remote executable. The remote file has limited detection in VT, but contains at least code to add Defender exclusion paths.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-05-octopus32\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-5122",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2025-05-20T18:23:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "EVIDENCE",
"url": "https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ed1e4e19d366e74a0d156e8187fa2606ed3ae74254c558d6b6af54168745b811/detection"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/octopus32"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in octopus32 (PyPI)"
}
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Nomenclature
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