mal-2025-5124
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-05-15 21:07
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in pyfiglets (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (66caa962e9fedf67dff7c9da840c4a4dcdca71f237d2e36f332f5b5bd32750bc)

Malicious clone of pyfiglet. Importing the package starts a series of downloading and executing of obfuscated malicious scripts, partially identified by AVs.


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

Campaign: 2025-05-rich-figlet

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • backdoor

  • clones-real-package

  • obfuscation

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "pyfiglets",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/pyfiglets"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": {
    "iocs": {
      "ips": [
        "185.254.198.245"
      ],
      "urls": [
        "http://185.254.198.245:8080/update?token=4z1m6qbi4vzpwykp8YK4wAeZX89gbdwSy3dSCBGy2rkMjG5D0Alp5WO1RgktLeYk\u0026platform=",
        "http://185.254.198.245:80/admin/get.php",
        "http://185.254.198.245:80/login/process.php"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-03021",
        "import_time": "2025-06-18T15:06:02.229744504Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-06-18T10:15:17Z",
        "sha256": "7198f093584957c553eb8c896044b3cb8bee6bf85c08cf856d8b9d1a63b7f635",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-rich-figlet/pyfiglets",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.465800751Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-15T21:07:23Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "f3bc7d429d4c5ea06232ecf9601a6791330176593eebb00ff147bbed316bcf1b",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-rich-figlet/pyfiglets",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.490372927Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-15T21:07:23Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "66caa962e9fedf67dff7c9da840c4a4dcdca71f237d2e36f332f5b5bd32750bc",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-rich-figlet/pyfiglets",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.705431572Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-15T21:07:23Z",
        "sha256": "79a812e77f7536e87dbfbd691f5596b72d2d2821b339ed04f8375462bba36443",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (66caa962e9fedf67dff7c9da840c4a4dcdca71f237d2e36f332f5b5bd32750bc)\nMalicious clone of pyfiglet. Importing the package starts a series of downloading and executing of obfuscated malicious scripts, partially identified by AVs.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-05-rich-figlet\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - backdoor\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-5124",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2025-05-15T21:07:23Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pyfiglets"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in pyfiglets (PyPI)"
}


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