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

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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.

  • obfuscation


{
  "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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